[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 402]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            SCRAPPING THE GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, there is a lot of talk these days around here 
about where Members of Congress are going to sit during the State of 
the Union Address. Well, I've been in Congress for 10 years, and I 
learned a long time ago that it doesn't really matter where you sit; it 
matters where you stand.
  Today, House Republicans are going to stand with the American people 
and are going to vote to repeal the government takeover of health 
care--lock, stock, and barrel.
  Now, I know the other side and some liberals in the media don't like 
us using that term ``government takeover of health care,'' but let me 
break it down for you:
  When you mandate that every American purchase health insurance, 
whether they want it or need it or not; when you mandate that every 
business provide health insurance or send people to a government-run 
exchange; when you pay for it with hundreds of billions of dollars and 
higher taxes and mandates; and when you throw in public funding of 
abortion against the wishes of the overwhelming majority of the 
American people, that is the government takeover of health care. And 
the American people know it.
  I urge all of my colleagues in both political parties to join us 
today as we keep our promise to the American people, as we scrap this 
health care reform bill of last year and start over with health care 
reform that will lower the cost of health insurance without growing the 
size of government.

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