[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3518]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. SMITH of Nebraska asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Madam Speaker, the American people are 
speaking, and I think we should listen even as the House leadership 
again prepares to force through a partisan government takeover of 
health care.
  The bill includes hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes and 
more than $1 trillion in new government spending. Strong-arm tactics 
and legislative gimmicks should not be used to jam through a bill which 
will impact the life of every single American.
  We need to focus on true reform which lowers health care costs, 
limits unnecessary lawsuits, and expands access by allowing purchasing 
across the State lines for health insurance, not simply a takeover 
which we already know will not control costs.
  That is the type of reform Americans want, not this one-size-fits-all 
approach, putting bureaucrats between doctors and their patients.

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