[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. ROONEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. ROONEY. Mr. Speaker, when I came to Congress over 1 year ago, I 
was hoping to work across party lines in the spirit of bipartisanship 
because that's what the people in my district in Florida expected. But 
ever since I got here, the Democratic majority has locked Republicans 
out of the debate time and time again. And now here we are talking 
about what The Wall Street Journal calls the ``worst bill ever.''
  The Pelosi health care bill cuts Medicare, increases taxes on 
businesses, individuals and employers, and it's a $1.2 trillion 
boondoggle that will complete a government takeover of the health care 
system, even though the majority of Americans don't want it.
  I don't know what the majority was doing over the August recess, but 
I was holding town hall meetings with hundreds of my constituents and 
friends; and the message was clear, we are a free people that chose to 
be governed, not the other way around. Enough is enough.

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