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Health Care Reform

Floor Speech

Date: March 16, 2010
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care

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

Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Madam Speaker, the American people are speaking, and I think we should listen even as the House leadership again prepares to force through a partisan government takeover of health care.

The bill includes hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes and more than $1 trillion in new government spending. Strong-arm tactics and legislative gimmicks should not be used to jam through a bill which will impact the life of every single American.

We need to focus on true reform which lowers health care costs, limits unnecessary lawsuits, and expands access by allowing purchasing across the State lines for health insurance, not simply a takeover which we already know will not control costs.

That is the type of reform Americans want, not this one-size-fits-all approach, putting bureaucrats between doctors and their patients.


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