[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3536-3537]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              PASSING THE HEALTH CARE BILL WITHOUT A VOTE

  (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STEARNS. Madam Speaker, to protect Members from voting on the

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Senate health care bill, Democrats are using a self-enacting rule to 
deem that bill passed by the House.
  As Speaker Pelosi said, ``It's more insider and process-oriented than 
most people want to know. But I like it because people don't have to 
vote on the Senate bill.''
  Huh?
  This is the same Speaker who stated, ``We have to pass the bill so 
you can see what's in it.'' So that you can see what's in it.
  Huh?
  They are distorting the Rules Committee procedures and the 
reconciliation process to ram through a health care bill. Where is the 
transparency that Speaker Pelosi talked about?
  Huh?
  Last year, the House was passing bills without reading them. This 
year, they are passing bills without voting on them.
  The Democrats desire passage of a health care bill in the darkness of 
a self-enacting rule. It's an affront to the constitutional powers of 
Congress and every voter in this country.

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