[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1758]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       START OVER ON HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. KIRK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KIRK. Mr. Speaker, while I was flattered that the President chose 
to include seven parts of my bill, the Medical Rights and Reform Act, 
in his latest health care proposal, he left out nearly every major 
reform in our centrist health care legislation, including the Medical 
Rights Act guaranteeing decisions made with your doctor will be made 
without government interference, lawsuit reform, and granting the right 
of every American to buy insurance from any State in the Union if you 
find a plan that is less expensive for your family or your small 
business.
  The White House proposal is based on a very expensive Senate bill 
with half a dozen major new taxes levied in the teeth of the Great 
Recession. The new proposal would tax retirement savings, cut Medicare 
for seniors, and adds to our long-term deficit.
  I urge the President to start over, to invite key congressional 
leaders to Camp David--there we could find reforms that we all support, 
like covering Americans with preexisting conditions--and present a more 
modest set of reforms that we all could support.

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