[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3520]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. CALVERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, right now, behind closed doors, 
negotiations are taking place on the $1 trillion bill to provide for 
the government takeover of health care. I find it baffling that instead 
of talking about jobs, my friends on the other side of the aisle 
continue a path toward radically changing 20 percent of our economy. 
Small businesses continue to struggle, but rather than creating an 
environment that eases financial burdens on business, the 
administration and this Congress are creating uncertainty through 
health care takeovers, cap-and-tax, deficit spending, looming tax 
increases. A recent analysis of the current health care bill shows that 
it could cost America 1 million jobs by the end of this decade. That is 
unacceptable.
  I recently polled my constituents. Two-thirds are absolutely opposed 
to the health care bill. They want Congress to start over and focus on 
items we agree on. Let's return to the question of how we can make 
health care more accessible, more efficient, and less expensive. Let's 
kill this bill and save American freedom and our economy.

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