[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3539-3540]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. REICHERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. REICHERT. Listen. Can you hear the American voices loud and clear

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saying, I don't want a government takeover of health care? The 
Democrats' latest plan is still a government takeover of health care. 
It includes billions of dollars in new taxes, over a trillion dollars 
in new government spending, and will also cause millions of employers 
to cancel the health care of their employees.
  We have also heard if you like it you can keep it. Not according to 
this plan. Not even according to the President of the United States, 
who recently said, quote, ``I think that some of the provisions that 
got snuck in might have violated that pledge.''
  Madam Speaker, we don't know what is in this bill. The American 
people don't know what is in this bill. We need to start over.
  Let's consider the Seattle Times' editorial this morning: ``Right now 
the government should be focused on the revival of business and the 
creation of private sector jobs. This cannot be put off. The 
responsible vote,'' according to the Seattle Times, ``is `no'. Take a 
break, let the economy recover and start over.''
  I couldn't agree more.

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