Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 112 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION

E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 112 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 157 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2011 No. 7 Senate The Senate was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at 10 a.m. House of Representatives WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2011 The House met at 10 a.m. and was for You will set us free. We will sing of dress the House for 1 minute and to re- called to order by the Speaker pro tem- Your goodness to us and bless Your vise and extend his remarks.) pore (Mr. ROGERS of Alabama). Holy Name, Most High, both now and Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. f forever.’’ Speaker, today, the voice of the Amer- Amen. ican people will be heard. The current DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER f administration’s unconstitutional PRO TEMPORE health care takeover is not the will of The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- THE JOURNAL the people. fore the House the following commu- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Tea party participants have made a nication from the Speaker: Chair has examined the Journal of the difference. WASHINGTON, DC, last day’s proceedings and announces The current law would cost taxpayers January 19, 2011. to the House his approval thereof. over $2.6 trillion. It adds to the rising I hereby appoint the Honorable MIKE ROG- Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- health care cost. The health care take- ERS to act as Speaker pro tempore on this nal stands approved. over is not workable. The National day. Federation of Independent Business, JOHN A. BOEHNER, f Speaker of the House of Representatives. NFIB, America’s largest organization PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE of small businesses, estimates it will f The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the eliminate 1.6 million jobs. PRAYER gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Today’s vote on Repealing the Job- The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. HEINRICH) come forward and lead the Killing Health Care Law Act promotes Coughlin, offered the following prayer: House in the Pledge of Allegiance. a commonsense approach to the health The psalmist understands we all ap- Mr. HEINRICH led the Pledge of Alle- care issues facing our country. Instead proach God in different ways. giance as follows: of forcing Americans to comply with a Some feel distant and lament: I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Big Government takeover of health ‘‘How long, O Lord, will You forget United States of America, and to the Repub- care, repeal will open the discussion of us? How long will You hide Your face lic for which it stands, one nation under God, providing affordable care to families, from us? How long must we be bur- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. preserving the doctor-patient relation- dened with grief, going about sorrowful f ship and protecting jobs. all day and throughout the night? How This is what the American people ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER long will our oppression last?’’ want the new Congress to achieve. Now PRO TEMPORE Then some forget self and readily is the time to repeal the takeover and turn to the Lord: The SPEAKER pro tempore. The to forward a plan that provides for ac- ‘‘Look now and answer us, O Lord our Chair will entertain up to 15 requests cess and affordability. God. Give light to our eyes lest we for 1-minute speeches on each side of In conclusion, God bless our troops, seem asleep, no longer fully alive but the aisle. and we will never forget September the like the dead, lest our opponents say, f 11th in the global war on terrorism. ‘We have overpowered them’ and laugh PASSING THE REPEALING THE f at our downfall.’’ Still others like ourselves will trust JOB-KILLING HEALTH CARE LAW THE JOBS LOOPHOLE IN OUR in the Lord: ACT FREEDOM CONSTRUCT ‘‘For our part, we will trust in Your (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Mr. Speak- faithful love. Our hearts will rejoice, asked and was given permission to ad- er, I ask unanimous consent to speak b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H257 . VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:45 Jan 19, 2011 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A19JA7.000 H19JAPT1 tjames on DSKG8SOYB1PROD with HOUSE H258 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 19, 2011 for 1 minute, to revise and extend my families to make their own health care keep our promise to the American peo- remarks, to enter relevant materials decisions. ple, as we scrap this health care reform into the RECORD at taxpayers’ expense. f bill of last year and start over with The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without health care reform that will lower the AN ASSAULT ON NEW HEALTH objection, the gentleman is recognized cost of health insurance without grow- CARE FREEDOMS for 1 minute. ing the size of government. There was no objection. (Mr. BLUMENAUER asked and was f Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Mr. Speak- given permission to address the House er, on January 11, 1944, in his third for 1 minute.) b 1010 term, President Franklin D. Roosevelt Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, FOR-PROFIT HEALTH CARE MODEL recognized the limitations of the Presi- you may miss it in the rhetoric, but IS THE WRONG MODEL dency and Congress in addressing the both parties agree the current path of Nation’s most serious problem: unem- Medicare threatens to bankrupt the (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given ployment. country. permission to address the House for 1 So he proposed changing the only ve- Some parts of America are spending minute and to revise and extend his re- hicle capable of eliminating unemploy- twice as much per Medicare patient as marks.) ment: the Constitution. we spend in Portland, Oregon, for ex- Mr. KUCINICH. The for-profit health Roosevelt suggested that adding fun- ample, but deliver inferior care. care system is the problem. Eight hun- damental economic rights to the Con- We know what to do. dred billion dollars every year is spent stitution was the only way to truly ad- This is why the reform act can give on corporate profits, stock options, ex- dress our unemployment problem. better care for less cost, but it’s not ecutive salaries, advertising, mar- Sixty-seven years later, to dramatize guaranteed. The Republican plan would keting, and the cost of paperwork. the shameful condition that our Nation strip away the reforms, the protections In the for-profit system that we have, and the marketplace tolerates, I have and the cost savings. nearly 1 out of every 3 dollars goes for asked the Nation’s unemployed, under- But this is not just an assault on new things not related to health care. If we employed, and economically insecure health care freedoms. It represents the took that $800 billion and spent it on to send their resumes to me at: triumph of politics over adult fiscal su- care for people, we would have enough [email protected]. I pervision. The Republican leadership money to cover all medically necessary will then submit those records to the doesn’t just ignore, they discredit, the needs in addition to dental care, vision CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, on their be- nonpartisan professionals who, for 36 care, mental health care, prescription half, as a means of protesting the years, helped keep politicians in both drugs, and long-term care. unaddressed, shameful unemployment parties honest. We now have a situation where 50 problem. Without this impartial referee, the million Americans don’t have any I am not promising anyone a job. I long, difficult road to fiscal health be- health insurance. Americans wouldn’t believe that the wealthiest Nation in comes longer, becomes harder, and be- have to worry about losing everything the world should do something about comes less likely to be traveled. they’ve worked a lifetime for because the jobs loophole in our freedom con- f there is an illness in the family. struct. SCRAPPING THE GOVERNMENT This debate is the wrong debate. A Until Democrats and Republicans in TAKEOVER OF HEALTH CARE for-profit model is the wrong model. this Congress and in the White House We should be talking about universal (Mr. PENCE asked and was given per- eliminate the fear of unemployment health care, single-payer, not-for-profit mission to address the House for 1 from our freedom and liberty con- health care, Medicare for all, quality minute and to revise and extend his re- struct, I will continue this peaceful health care for all Americans. demonstration at: marks.) [email protected]. Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, there is a f lot of talk these days around here f HONORING SARGENT SHRIVER about where Members of Congress are HEALTH CARE REFORM going to sit during the State of the (Mr. DREIER asked and was given (Mr. LAMBORN asked and was given Union Address. Well, I’ve been in Con- permission to address the House for 1 permission to address the House for 1 gress for 10 years, and I learned a long minute and to revise and extend his re- minute.) time ago that it doesn’t really matter marks.) Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, I rise where you sit; it matters where you Mr. DREIER. Mr.

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