[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 21]
[House]
[Page 28912]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       LETTER FROM GREG HOLLOWAY

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, as part of a nationwide effort to 
pass the right kind of health care reform, a constituent from Austin, 
Greg Holloway, has written an open letter to Congress. He represents 
the organization Common Sense Texans:
  ``My name is Greg Holloway. I speak not only for myself and my family 
but also for over a hundred thousand other Texans with whom I 
collaborate and who I know share my views.
  ``You tell us that you are concerned about health care for our 
disadvantaged citizens. We are too. We wrote a plan, published by the 
Austin American-Statesman, that would immediately allow up to $100 
billion annually to be sent directly to private health care and health 
insurance for the needy without a raise in taxes. You ignore any of our 
alternatives and instead raise taxes, increase costs, and draft a bill 
that excludes millions and provides no meaningful health care benefits 
until 2013.
  ``Stop this bill and give us health care reform that will help, not 
hurt, our country and its citizens.''

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