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




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. SHUSTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHUSTER. The next few days will tell the American people whether 
Congress represents their interests and their will. The American people 
do not want this health care bill to become law. In my district, they 
strongly and vocally oppose this plan, and I hear this every day in 
phone calls and emails, people coming into my office. But I also hear 
it when I go to the grocery store or to a restaurant in my district. 
People come up and tell me, Bill, oppose this bill. Stop this bill. And 
I fully intend on voting against it.
  I have also talked to the small businesses and large businesses 
across this country. They oppose it also because it's creating great 
uncertainty for them, and this great uncertainty is causing harm to our 
economy. They're not hiring new employees because of the uncertainty of 
the cost this bill will have on them. They're not investing in their 
businesses because of the uncertainty these mandates will have, will 
push down onto their businesses. This is exactly the kind of 
uncertainty that's keeping our unemployment rate at 10 percent, and job 
creation is stagnant. The Democrats' health care plan is reckless, and 
I believe it will put America on a path to financial ruin.

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