[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26543]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      DEMOCRATS' HEALTH CARE BILL

  (Mr. BROWN of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BROWN of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of 
all South Carolinians who will be harmed by the Democrats' $1.3 
trillion proposed health care bill, H.R. 3962.
  The majority's health care bill will increase the health care costs, 
use taxpayers' dollars to pay for abortions and create bigger 
government in the form of 111 new bureaucrats. Worse yet, in the First 
District of South Carolina, this bill would increase taxes for 8,700 
small businesses, cut benefits for over 11,000 seniors and burden South 
Carolinian veterans with a debt that they will never be able to repay.
  Republicans have focused on the concerns of the American people and 
have created a strong Republican alternative that advocates smaller 
government and increases health care coverage while decreasing costs. 
The Democrats in Congress must listen to the people and work with us to 
create a health care plan that South Carolinians and all American 
families want and need.

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