[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26536]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. TURNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. TURNER. Mr. Speaker, Politico reported last week that the 
Democrat health care reform legislation has more pages than War and 
Peace, and nearly five times as many words as the Torah, costing over 
$2 million per word.
  The Republican Conference reports that over 100 new Federal 
bureaucracies are created in the bill. The Wall Street Journal Opinion 
Page stated that ``the bill may be the worst piece of post-New Deal 
legislation ever introduced.''
  America deserves better, and the American people demand more from 
their leaders on something that is so important to every American 
family. There is a better way to maintain care for those with health 
insurance, while decreasing the number of uninsured Americans.
  We should start with some commonsense reform, such as prohibiting 
insurers from excluding preexisting conditions, allowing insurers to 
offer plans across State lines, enacting tort reform, and allowing 
small businesses to pool together to purchase health plans for their 
employees.
  Mr. Speaker, it is not too late for us to work together to craft 
responsible legislation and decrease costs.

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