[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3530]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. BONNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BONNER. Madam Speaker, if health care reform weren't such a 
serious subject, something that will affect every person in America, 
then what the Democrats are trying to do would prove to provide enough 
fodder for comedians like Letterman, Leno and Jon Stewart that their 
writers wouldn't have to work on new jokes for the next month.
  Last week, the Speaker of the House said, ``We have to pass the bill 
so we can find out what's in it.'' That would be like buying a house 
before checking it out to see how many bedrooms were in it or what the 
colors were or whether we could even afford it in the first place. Most 
Americans don't buy shoes without trying them on, buy a car without 
test driving it, much less support a takeover of our health care system 
that will include life-changing decisions that are being kept from you 
in the dark.
  This morning, the Speaker said we may actually vote on the health 
care bill without voting on it, something that she calls ``deem and 
pass.'' What a pesky little thing voting is, you know, where those of 
us who work for you have to actually cast our votes first so you can 
find out whether you should vote for us in November.
  This is an insult and a sham.

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