[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26550]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. WITTMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. WITTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring the voices of my 
constituents in Virginia's First District to the House floor. Here are 
the words of some of my constituents.
  Elizabeth from Williamsburg said, ``Please consider small business 
owners when evaluating the health care proposals. My business ends up 
with an 8 percent profit margin, so an 8 percent of payroll 
contribution penalty rate would be significant.''
  John from Newport News says, ``Over the 20 years I managed health 
care plans for corporations, managing cost increases was paramount not 
only for my employer, but also for my employees. I know how hard I 
worked at managing health care expense and have zero confidence that 
the government can handle the job. The bottom line is that more 
government involvement in our health care system is not the answer.''
  Sandra from Seaford said, ``I am not in favor of a government-run 
health care bill. I want to choose my own health insurance. I am 
opposed to passing a health care bill for the sake of passing a bill. I 
am opposed to a health care bill that will cost trillions of dollars 
over the next 10 years, and I am not in favor of being penalized 
because I do not take part in a government health care bill.''
  Mr. Speaker, they have said it better than I could.

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