[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2574]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                    UNSUSTAINABLE HEALTH CARE COSTS

  (Ms. JENKINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. JENKINS. Health care costs are unsustainable. They are 
bankrupting families. They are bankrupting small businesses, and if 
they are not reformed, they will bankrupt our government. No one denies 
we need reform, but what Americans do not want is for D.C. politicians 
to centralize health care decisions in Washington and create another 
entitlement program when everyone knows we haven't paid for the 
entitlements we already have.
  Instead, what Americans need are reforms that actually reduce health 
care costs for families, help folks with preexisting conditions, and 
make it easier for small businesses to provide health care. The 
American people have rejected a government takeover of health care. So 
I urge my colleagues to support commonsense plans to fix what's broken 
without throwing out the rule book and without destroying what works 
for millions.

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