[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 138]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      TAKING THE OPPOSITE APPROACH

  (Mr. WALZ of Minnesota asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WALZ of Minnesota. Yesterday a new Congress was sworn into 
office, and just like the one before it, a top priority is to get our 
economy moving in the right direction. I'm profoundly disappointed, 
though, that the new majority of the Republicans has decided to take 
the opposite approach: skyrocketing the debt, denying rights, and 
making sure we kill jobs.
  Seniors in my district now have access to better preventative care 
and help with paying for expensive drugs. Americans who have worked 
long and hard throughout their life have earned that peace of mind. 
Young people in my district are now being put back on their parents' 
insurance after being denied for preexisting conditions. Repealing the 
health care bill will take those benefits away, will kill jobs, will 
skyrocket the debt, and will ensure that insurance company CEOs make 
health decisions for you, not you and your doctor.
  Many of you may know I represent the world-famous Mayo Clinic in my 
district. They provide the highest quality patient-centered and 
affordable care the world has ever known, and I would like to leave you 
with a short quote they put out right before we voted on the health 
care bill last year: ``Reforming health care in America is essential. 
The status quo is not sustainable.''

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