[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26555]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. GINGREY of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. GINGREY of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I oppose the government takeover 
of our Nation's health care system. It would have a disastrous impact 
on women and their families. As moms, doctors, nurses, caregivers, and 
taxpayers, women play a critical role in the health care debate. 
Eighty-five percent of women are the primary health care decisionmakers 
in the home.
  Women overwhelmingly support health care reform, but they don't want 
reform that will increase their health care costs, that will ration 
care or that will undermine their ability to make the best health care 
decisions for their families. Speaker Pelosi's bill empowers government 
bureaucrats; it increases taxes, and it raises health insurance 
premiums while using Federal dollars to fund abortions.
  Mr. Speaker, I support reform solutions that let women, not your 
government, take over, continue to decide what is best for their 
families.

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