[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26554]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. MANZULLO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. MANZULLO. Mr. Speaker, we've been advised that the House of 
Representatives may have only 3 hours of debate on this 1,990-page bill 
plus, perhaps, another 1,000-page manager's amendment. That comes out 
to $500 billion an hour which will be spent of the public funds.
  We should be debating this bill for weeks and months so that the 
American people know exactly what's in it and so that Members of 
Congress can be very exact in explaining it to our constituents and so 
that we can learn how deep and broad this bill is. In fact, there is 
even a provision which provides for reimbursement to veterinarians. 
Perhaps it's a mistake in the bill, but that's why we have to read it 
thoroughly.

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