[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3613]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            TWO YEARS LATER, AMERICA WANTS A SECOND OPINION

  (Mr. BURGESS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, this week and next, there will be two 
opportunities for a thoughtful, forward course on health care here in 
the people's House, and across the street at the highest court of the 
land.
  The Supreme Court next week hears out arguments on the limits to 
Federal control in health care. A ruling is expected later this summer. 
Perhaps our long national nightmare will be over. And guess what? Half 
of America, as reported in The Hill today in a poll, thinks the Supreme 
Court will do just that.
  This week, Americans will witness the House embarking on a course of 
their treatment for the health care law. We are going to vote to repeal 
the unelected and unaccountable panel that's squeezing out patient 
access. We will insist on medical justice reform to drive down the 
costs of liability coverage for doctors who make sound treatment 
decisions.
  Madam Speaker, the last Congress force-fed the American people a new 
health care law. Americans are demanding a second opinion. After 
revelations of unrealistic assumptions and cost overruns, Americans 
want a change of course, and now this Congress will act.

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