[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26538]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. KLINE of Minnesota asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KLINE of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my 
concern about the consequences and costs of the majority party's 
proposed government takeover of health care.
  Despite the lack of bipartisanship and the absence of the 
transparency promised by Speaker Pelosi, the House is poised to vote 
this week on a bill that will give control of one-sixth of our economy 
to the Federal Government. Sadly, the $1.3 trillion price tag is not 
the only cost of this risky proposal. The bill also saddles Americans 
with 111 new boards, offices, commissions and programs, all of which 
will be required to implement Speaker Pelosi's takeover.
  Further, this bill imposes hundreds of billions of dollars in new 
taxes on small businesses, individuals who cannot afford health 
coverage, and employers who cannot afford to provide coverage that 
meets Federal bureaucrats' standards.
  Mr. Speaker, these costs are far too much to ask the American people 
to bear. It is time to press the reset button and come together to 
create a health care proposal that meets the needs of every American 
and saves our economy from additional burdens we cannot afford.

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