[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 404]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HEALTH CARE REFORM REPEAL

  (Mr. BILIRAKIS asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, we all want to increase access to 
quality, affordable health care. We know that in this troubled economy, 
Americans are concerned about making ends meet and ensuring that they 
are covered in the event of a health care emergency.
  However, the misguided health care effort that was pushed through 
this House during the last Congress is doing much more harm than good. 
The hardworking families and seniors and small businesses in my 
district cannot afford this health care overhaul that is costing jobs, 
increasing red tape, spending trillions of dollars, and actually 
increasing health care costs.
  This week the House is listening to and acting upon the message that 
Americans sent to Washington this past fall. We will replace the 
overreaching health care law with commonsense solutions that will lower 
costs and increase access to insurance while keeping Americans in 
charge of their own health care.

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