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




                   A BETTER WAY TO REFORM HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. HENSARLING asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Speaker, there are so many different reasons why 
the American people are opposing the ``Pelosi Government Takeover of 
Your Health Care'' bill: 111 different offices, bureaus, commissions, 
and programs to get between you and your doctor, preventing you from 
getting the health care you need when you need it; 3,425 uses of the 
word ``shall,'' to ensure that bureaucrats take away your choices and 
drive up your health care costs; $150 billion cut from the Medicare 
Advantage program, endangering seniors who rely upon the program.
  But, Mr. Speaker, let me give you 1 trillion more reasons to oppose 
this plan: a minimum $1 trillion cost, on a country that is already 
going bankrupt. We have had our first $1 trillion deficit. Under 
President Obama, we will triple--triple--the national debt in just the 
next 10 years.
  Mr. Speaker, you cannot improve a nation's health care by bankrupting 
it, its families, and its children. This must be rejected.

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