[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26544]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   DOING BETTER ON HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. ROSKAM asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Speaker, a couple of minutes ago there was a Member 
on the Democratic side who I sensed had a twinkle in his eye when he 
was trying to make the assertion that there were no Republican 
alternatives to this bill, because anybody that has been around this 
place knows that that is a joke. There are 50 Republican bills and 100 
amendments that were offered by Republicans, so the notion that the GOP 
is showing up late is complete nonsense, and I think the twinkle in the 
eye is witness to that.
  But here is the part that is no joke. The part that is no joke is 
that this bill, Mr. Speaker, creates 111 new bureaucracies that Speaker 
Pelosi is going to foist on our constituents.
  We all know what it is like to get the constituent panic call when 
they can't navigate through some labyrinthian bureaucracy, and now 
there is going to be 111 new offices, departments, commissions and so 
forth that our constituents are going to have to deal with. They are 
ill-equipped to deal with an aggressive Federal Government that is 
going to take over one-sixth of the economy.
  We can do better. Let's vote against this bill.

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