[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3820]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. This is a remarkable moment in the life of our Nation. 
After years of runaway Federal spending, deficits, debt, borrowing, 
bailouts, and takeover, against the opposition of a clear majority of 
the American people, the Democrats in Congress and in this 
administration are prepared to ram through a $1 trillion government 
takeover of health care. And it's just hard to believe.
  Ignoring the will of the American people, twisting the rules of the 
House and the Senate into a pretzel, we're headed for a showdown this 
weekend.
  But I've got to tell you, I like our chances. The reason House 
Democrats don't have the votes is because the American people know this 
is a government takeover of health care. Mandating that every American 
purchase health insurance, whether they want it or need it or not, 
passing hundreds of billions of dollars in job-killing tax increases, 
providing public funding for abortion, and setting into motion 
government-run insurance that will cause millions to lose the insurance 
they have is a government takeover of health care.
  Let's have the debate. A minority in Congress plus the American 
people equals the majority. America, we can win this fight.

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