[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Pages 26552-26553]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida. Mr. Speaker, this 2,000-page health 
care bill is not a health care reform bill. It's a monstrosity. It 
contains three-quarters of a trillion dollars in tax increases on small 
businesses and the middle class, which will lead to more people losing 
their jobs. It contains half a trillion dollars in cuts to Medicare for 
our senior citizens. This bill increases the Medicaid costs on our 
already hard-hit States, which will inevitably have the result of 
cutting education funding and funding for our first responders on the 
State level. This bill actually increases the cost of health care, Mr. 
Speaker.
  You know, the American people understand that this bill will make the 
Wall Street bailout, known as TARP,

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the government takeover of the car industry, and the failed stimulus 
pale in comparison.
  Mr. Speaker, the American people have already rejected this bill. 
Congress needs to listen to them and do the same.

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