[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27127]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. McKEON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. McKEON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to Speaker 
Pelosi's 2,032, and growing, page health care bill.
  Today we are at the highest unemployment level since 1983. The 
American people can't afford these massive new spending increases, and 
I refuse to pass them on to my children and grandchildren.
  This legislation will immediately increase taxes on American families 
and small businesses by $729 billion. The total bill will cost over a 
trillion dollars over the next decade, with money we don't have.
  And what do the American people get for all this new spending? A bill 
that you pay for now but doesn't give coverage for 4 years.
  Republicans have real solutions for improving access and 
affordability for American health care. We support tort reform to 
eliminate frivolous lawsuits. We support allowing negotiating across 
State lines and group purchasing power. We support choice of coverage 
without the government's forcing people into government-run health 
care.
  Oppose the Pelosi health care bill.

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