[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27124]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. WAMP asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WAMP. Yes, Mr. Speaker, Republicans are united against the 
Pelosi-Obama health care takeover, but it is not a partisan issue. This 
week, seven Democrat governors came out in strong opposition to the 
plan, including my Governor, Phil Bredesen, who called the plan ``the 
mother of all unfunded mandates.'' Why? Because it adds millions of 
people to the State's Medicaid rolls, makes them cover them, without 
the money down the road to pay for it.
  States have to balance their budget. They can't borrow $1 trillion 
and just print the money and add it to the next generation. They have 
to balance their budget. The 10th Amendment gives rights to the States. 
The Federal Government is handing mandates to the States, and they have 
nowhere to turn except to raise taxes or dramatically cut their 
budgets. This is not fair to the States. It is the wrong thing to do.
  Reject the Pelosi-Obama health care takeover.

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