[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 20]
[House]
[Pages 27122-27123]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        REAL HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, we all agree that real health care 
reform is a necessity, but in the hurry of Congress to pass the $1 
trillion Pelosi bill, we are not listening to our mother's often-given 
advice, look before you leap. In this case, read before you vote.
  The Pelosi bill takes the wrong approach in fixing what is broken in 
our

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health care system. Increased taxes do not translate into increased 
coverage. Eliminating seniors' health care choices and cutting their 
benefits do not translate into eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse. 
Cost shifting in the health care system does not translate into cost 
reduction.
  Instead, what we need is true health care reform that helps bring 
down the high cost of care and the high insurance premiums. What we 
need is health care reform that will allow our families to keep the 
doctors and the coverage that they want.
  Congress needs to end the search for complicated and convoluted ways 
that hide the actual cost of the Pelosi bill in taxes, mandates, and 
benefit cuts.

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