[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3538]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. CAMP asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CAMP. Americans do not want a government takeover of health care. 
They do not want a 2,000-page bill that puts Federal bureaucrats in 
charge of their personal health care decisions. They do not want a 
half-a-trillion-dollar cut to Medicare to fund a new entitlement 
program. And they do not want a half-a-trillion-dollar increase in 
taxes, or $1 trillion in new Federal spending. They do not want the 
back room deals that were cut to buy off special interests. And they 
certainly do not want a health care bill that will increase the cost of 
their health insurance.
  But that is exactly what the Democrat bill does. And that is exactly 
what the Democrats are trying to cram through Congress this week. If 
the majority wants to pass this bill, they ought to have the guts to 
hold an up-or-down vote and not try to hide from the American people 
what is really being voted on.
  Madam Speaker, Americans do not want and can't afford this bill. 
Let's scrap it and start over.

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