[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3521-3522]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. WOLF asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WOLF. Madam Speaker, I am deeply concerned by reports that the 
majority party may try to move the health care reform bill through the 
House without a vote. To move such sweeping legislation, especially 
considering the price tag, using a parliamentary gimmick is 
unconscionable. The majority of the American people do not support the 
health care reform bill presently before Congress. It spends money we 
don't have, cuts the Medicare program when we should be coming up with 
ways to get our financial house in order and make sure the Medicare 
program is protected. The American people want a bipartisan bill that 
fixes what is broken and keeps what is working.
  Where is the accountability? Where is the transparency? America 
expects more and deserves more. This morning The Washington Post said 
that what the Democrats are threatening to do is ``unseemly.'' There 
needs to be an up-or-down vote on health care reform, not on a 
procedural sleight of hand.

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