[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3821]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. BUCHANAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. BUCHANAN. Mr. Speaker, Speaker Pelosi recently said that we have 
to pass the health care bill so we can find out what's in it. I can 
tell you what's in it. It does nothing for cost.
  I'm not a career politician. I have been in business for myself for 
30 years and created thousands of jobs. Small businesses are dying. We 
need to bring down the cost of health care. Today it is $12,000 for a 
family of four. A recent study said it's going to take it to $28,000 
for a family of four in the next 10 years. We are doing nothing about 
lowering the cost of health care. It's killing small businesses. It's 
killing jobs.
  What also is in the bill, $740 billion in tax increases. Small 
businesses are going to be the ones that feel it the most. Most of them 
have pass-through income. It will be another big, job-killing 
opportunity for small businesses.
  The third thing is that it really hurts seniors; $500 billion worth 
of real cuts, not just waste, fraud, and abuse. I have looked at the 
cuts. They are very serious cuts.
  And now we have learned that the Speaker wants to pass the bill 
without actually taking a vote that will cover at-risk Members. No 
wonder the American people are fed up with Washington.

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