[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. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, my friend from Tennessee has just described 
this as America's bill, not the Pelosi health care plan.
  It is, in fact, Americans who are going to have to shoulder the 
burden if, God forbid, it becomes public law.
  The American people, when they think about health care reform, are 
not thinking about taxpayer funding of abortion on demand. They're not 
thinking about a $500 billion cut in Medicare. They're thinking about 
greater transparency. These are the kinds of concerns that rank-and-
file Democrats have joined with Republicans in raising.
  The American people want many of the things my friend from Tennessee 
has just advocated. They want us to deal with preexisting conditions. 
They want us to ensure that there's an opportunity for children, young 
people up to the age of 25, to continue to be on their parents' plan. 
They want people to buy insurance across State lines. They want us to 
bring about a step-by-step approach. That's exactly what the American 
people want. That's exactly what our alternative does. That's what this 
House should do.

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