Republicans Advocate Quality Health Care Reform

Floor Speech

BREAK IN TRANSCRIPT

(Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, House Republicans are offering positive solutions to our Nation's health care system. We are standing up for individual choice, preserving the all-important doctor-patient relationship, and giving families more resources and more of their own money to afford quality health care.

Our Democrat colleagues have abandoned any sense of bipartisan cooperation. That is why their health care proposals currently amount to a $1 trillion big government takeover. Republicans are proposing tax relief for families and small businesses who are struggling to afford health care. We want to empower States and small businesses to band together for affordable insurance options. Rather than copy a failed central planning big government system, we are committed to weeding out waste, fraud and abuse.

Republicans are hard at work developing a set of patient-first health care reforms. We encourage our Democrat colleagues to join us in defending patient choice and quality care against the rationed care of a big government health care takeover.

In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

END TRANSCRIPT

Source