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




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. BARTLETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTLETT. Mr. Speaker, yesterday a member of the Mennonite Amish 
community called my office very concerned that if this bill passes, 
they're going to be fined because of their religious conviction. The 
members of this community do not buy health care insurance, and they 
don't cost the taxpayer anything. This community takes care of all of 
their health care needs. There is a conscience clause on page 300 of 
the bill. I read that. It's not clear to me whether they'd be protected 
or not.
  But one thing is very clear to me: that those who wrote this bill 
didn't communicate with this community. This is a big community. We 
know there are problems. We know there are issues. This is just one 
more reason to reject this bill, start over and get it right because 
clearly they didn't get it right here.

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