[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26542]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida. Mr. Speaker, last week, the 
Speaker introduced her so-called health reform bill that will cost over 
$1.2 trillion and will be paid for by massive taxes on small business 
and cuts to Medicare.
  With unemployment at 10 percent and small businesses throughout the 
country struggling to survive, it is irresponsible to pass legislation 
that will place a higher tax burden on small businesses. President 
Obama has pledged to let the Bush tax cuts expire. So small businesses 
can expect at least two tax hits in 2 years.
  A radio journalist from back home asked me this morning if measures 
are being taken in Congress to alleviate unemployment. My reply was, 
no, unfortunately there is a kind of war on free enterprise going on in 
Washington right now. Until that war is ended, unemployment will not 
drop. We should be encouraging job growth and not destroying jobs with 
bills like this so-called health reform.

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