[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26552]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, as the Nation awaits consideration of 
Speaker Pelosi's health care bill, all 1,900 pages of it, we now learn 
from the Congressional Budget Office that its price tag has now climbed 
to $1.2 trillion. That's $1.2 trillion over 10 years, not the smaller 
amount that the supporters claim it will cost.
  Over 13,000 of my New Jersey constituents have weighed in with me on 
health care reform, about 90 percent of whom worry that a government 
takeover would jeopardize their own private health insurance, and 
planned cuts to Medicare Advantage in the Pelosi bill for seniors, 
Medicare cuts for payments to doctors and hospitals, and their anger 
and anxiety rises even more.
  Mr. Speaker, more Washington mandates, more taxes, and less control 
over their lives, people back home have a right to be very worried and 
angry.

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