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Concerns With The Democratic Health Care Bill

Floor Speech

Date: July 28, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care


Concerns With The Democratic Health Care Bill

Mrs. CAPITO. We all share a desire to enact health reform that lowers costs and improves care, but I am less convinced that the plan being developed across the aisle is the most responsible approach. We're talking about a bill with a $1.5 trillion price tag. We have the Congressional Budget Office saying the bill fails to control costs. We know it doesn't address legal reform; we know that a government-run health care plan threatens the insurance of millions of Americans; and we know that the bill's push to tax small businesses threatens jobs all across the country.

I just talked to a small business owner from Calhoun County. Her quote is, ``This scares me.'' This is not the time to risk more jobs. I urge my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to join us in real dialogue. This is an issue too important for one party to go it alone.


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