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




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. MARCHANT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Speaker, the Wall Street Journal said it best, this 
bill may well be the worst piece of post-New Deal legislation ever 
introduced. My constituents of the Texas 24th District agree. They have 
told me loud and clear, time and time again, that they do not want this 
government takeover of our health care system.
  This legislation creates 111 new Federal programs, bureaucracies, 
commissions and boards; and this is just counting the ones that are in 
the original bill. I am sure that when the manager's amendment is 
introduced, there will be many more.
  We need a patient-centered approach to health care reform. We do not 
need to mortgage the future of our children by saddling them with a $1 
trillion debt. Let's not punish our seniors, our families, and our 
grandchildren by passing this bill.

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