[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Pages 26547-26548]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. JORDAN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. JORDAN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, Americans hate being told what to 
do. It's just part of our collective DNA. We like freedom. We like the 
ability to choose. We like the ability to make decisions on our own. 
And what most Americans find troubling about this bill is it's 2,000 
pages of the government getting between them and their family and their 
doctor.
  Mr. Speaker, you're probably familiar with the old line: for most 
Americans when they're traveling down the highway and they see the sign 
that says 55, for most Americans that's not the limit; that's the 
challenge. That's just the way we look at things. And here we have this 
bill that's now going to tell us how we as individuals and as families 
and small business owners are going to get our health care. That's what 
Americans find troubling. That's why they're opposed to that. And

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that's why we need real reform and not this 2,000-page takeover of 
health care in our country.

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