Rep. Calvert Rejects Speaker Pelosi's Misguided Approach To Health Care Reform

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Rep. Calvert Rejects Speaker Pelosi's Misguided Approach To Health Care Reform

Despite passionate opposition from House Republicans and millions of Americans, Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats are speeding towards passage of the Senate health care reform bill and an accompanying reconciliation bill. Rep. Calvert will oppose both bills.

"By disregarding the American people's strong opposition to the health care bill House Democrats have recklessly turned the "People's House' into "Pelosi's House,'" said Rep. Calvert. "All of us want to see our health care system reformed, but I cannot support the policies included in the bill before us. Instead of taking action on the reform elements most of us agree on, Democrats are choosing to pass a bill that expands government spending, kills jobs, drives up our national debt, and raises taxes."

If approved, the Senate health care bill will go to the President for signature and the reconciliation bill will go to the Senate for further consideration.

In short, the Democrat's health care bill will:

* Expand entitlement spending by roughly $1 trillion;
* Hit the American people with over half-a-trillion dollars in job-killing tax hikes;
* Cut Medicare benefits by half-a-trillion dollars; and
* Include elaborate budgetary gimmicks that hide the true cost of the bill.

"For nearly a year, Democrats haggled over a government takeover of our health care system by making backroom deals to buy votes while more and more Americans lost their jobs," said Rep. Calvert. "Congress should be focused on job creation and reducing the financial burdens on American families and businesses. Instead Democrats, led by Speaker Pelosi, have insisted on passing a health care bill that will kill jobs, further increase government intervention into our lives, and pile trillions of dollars of new government spending and debt on the back of future generations."

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