Health Care

Floor Speech

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring the voices of my constituents in Virginia's First District to the House floor. Here are the words of some of my constituents.

Elizabeth from Williamsburg said, ``Please consider small business owners when evaluating the health care proposals. My business ends up with an 8 percent profit margin, so an 8 percent of payroll contribution penalty rate would be significant.''

John from Newport News says, ``Over the 20 years I managed health care plans for corporations, managing cost increases was paramount not only for my employer, but also for my employees. I know how hard I worked at managing health care expense and have zero confidence that the government can handle the job. The bottom line is that more government involvement in our health care system is not the answer.''

Sandra from Seaford said, ``I am not in favor of a government-run health care bill. I want to choose my own health insurance. I am opposed to passing a health care bill for the sake of passing a bill. I am opposed to a health care bill that will cost trillions of dollars over the next 10 years, and I am not in favor of being penalized because I do not take part in a government health care bill.''

Mr. Speaker, they have said it better than I could.

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