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




                        THE GOP HEALTH CARE PLAN

  (Mrs. LUMMIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. LUMMIS. Mr. Speaker, while earlier this week the Wall Street 
Journal called the Pelosi health care plan ``the worst bill ever,'' the 
Chicago Tribune last week called the GOP plan a good plan and said, We 
don't agree with everything in these bills but we do agree with ideas 
such as these:
  ``Let insurers sell policies across State lines. That would loosen 
the strangling State-by-State regulations and unleash competition to 
drive premium prices down.'' And, indeed, that is what happens under 
the Republican bill.
  ``Give people who buy insurance in the private market the same tax 
breaks as those who get it through employers.'' That only makes sense.
  And, finally, ``Expand the ability of small business, trade 
associations, and other groups to set up insurance pools to offer 
coverage at more attractive rates.''
  These are the advantages of the Republican plan. And to boot, ours 
cuts the deficit.

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