[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6391]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  REPEAL AND REPLACE HEALTH CARE BILL

  (Mr. KLINE of Minnesota asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KLINE of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to share my 
constituents' concerns and frustrations over the health care bill that 
unfortunately is now law.
  Last night, I hosted a telephone town hall meeting; thousands of my 
constituents participated. I invited them to discuss any issue that 
they chose; every single one spoke about this new health care law. And 
they had concerns. One man who called in said, I'm 72 years old, I'm 
retired, and I get my health insurance from my company. Are they still 
going to provide prescription drug coverage? That's a fine question.
  The wife of a family practitioner said, My husband is 62, and his 
patients are asking whether he will be able to stay around. And he 
tells them it will all depend on the government. It's sad to me that he 
doesn't even get to make his own choice about whether or not he 
retires.
  Last week, the Obama administration's own experts confirmed what 
we've been saying for a year: this bill costs too much. Mr. Speaker, 
it's time to repeal this law and replace it.

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