Health Care

Floor Speech

Mr. Speaker, last August we went home to our constituents and we listened to the American people. The American people were loud and clear in their message, and it was: Congressman, we do not support the government's taking over our health care system.

Then we came back to Washington, D.C., away from our constituents. We've been up here for about 2 months now, and what are we seeing? We're seeing the public option being put back on the table.

And what did the President say? Well, we know what he said on the campaign. He said basically, I'm going to have all the negotiations around a big old table and we'll have the negotiations televised on C-SPAN.

Have we seen that? I don't think so.

What are we seeing today? We're seeing three Senators behind closed doors in the darkness of the night negotiate a health care plan for this entire Nation.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant. We need to bring these negotiations out on the table. Republicans need to be at the table. We have good ideas. We have good solutions. But they are not being heard and the voice of the American people is not being heard.

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