[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26546]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. FLAKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. FLAKE. Mr. Speaker, someone with a lot of time on his hands, or 
more likely somebody with a pretty good search engine, found that the 
2,000-page Pelosi health care bill uses the word ``shall'' more than 
3,000 times. Now, that's an average of more than 1.5 times per page.
  It seems about the only page where the word ``shall'' is not used is 
the page that states that Members of Congress ``may'' enroll in the 
government-run insurance option. No ``shall'' here, just ``may.'' In 
other words, what's good for the country isn't necessarily good for 
Congress.
  I'd encourage anyone who is watching or listening out there to call 
the Speaker and ask her why. If this government-run insurance option is 
so good, why aren't Members of Congress required to enroll in it as 
well?

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