[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26551]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. BACHUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BACHUS. Mr. Speaker, if there is one common denominator in 
Congress this year, it is the substitution of government for the 
individual. With the stimulus, the multiple bailouts, cap-and-tax, and 
now health care, instead of you making the decision, the government 
makes it for you.
  We have seen time after time, when you substitute a government-run 
program for individual choice, the cost goes up and the quality goes 
down. When it comes to health care, there is nothing more important 
than quality and choice. Given the choice, I will always place my faith 
in the individual, not in the government, and this time is no 
different.
  The American economy is the world's largest. It is three times larger 
than the Japanese, our closest competitor. It is larger than the 
economies of Japan, China, Germany, and Great Britain combined. We got 
there through innovation, choice, competition, and individual 
initiative and responsibility, not government control and management. 
Let's keep it that way.

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