[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26547]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. McKEON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McKEON. Mr. Speaker, 85 percent of the American public are happy 
with the insurance they have; 80 percent of them know that it costs too 
much. But all of them understand that when you try to do what the 
Democrats are talking about doing and adding a trillion dollars of 
expense, they understand we can't afford it.
  I have 30 grandchildren. I'm concerned about passing this cost on to 
my children and my grandchildren.
  This is a bill that we start paying for now, that the taxes start 
paying for it now, and it doesn't even start covering people for 4 
years.
  What's the rush? Why don't we do something that's good? Why don't we 
have a Republican solution for improving and portability for American 
health care?
  We support tort reform that curbs frivolous lawsuits. We support 
allowing negotiating across State lines and group purchasing power, 
which will lower the cost of insurance. We support choice of coverage 
without the government forcing people into government-run health care.
  I strongly oppose the Democrat big-spending health care bill.

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