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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 111 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 111 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 155 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2009 No. 105 Senate The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was appoint the Honorable ROLAND BURRIS, a thing out of our diet, lose some weight, called to order by the Honorable RO- Senator from the State of Illinois, to per- add something to it, gain some weight, LAND W. BURRIS, a Senator from the form the duties of the Chair. change your diet in some way. State of Illinois. ROBERT C. BYRD, Maybe we were prescribed medica- President pro tempore. tion for a short while or for a long PRAYER Mr. BURRIS thereupon assumed the while. People within the sound of my The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- chair as Acting President pro tempore. voice in this Senate Chamber all have fered the following prayer: f been to doctors, and many are taking Let us pray. RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY medicine now. It is not always easy to Almighty God, our help in ages past LEADER hear the advice doctors give or to fol- and our hope for years to come, thank low the advice they give. It is never You for the demonstrated durability of The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- easy to change your lifestyle, even if our governmental institutions and for pore. The majority leader is recog- you know you will be better in the long those who serve You faithfully by pre- nized. run. serving our freedom. Bless our Sen- f But you also know the risk of not fol- ators as they strive to do Your will. lowing your doctor’s orders and the SCHEDULE Lord, manifest Your presence and consequences of not taking your medi- power in their daily work so that they Mr. REID. Mr. President, following cine. The costs of doing nothing are far will not become weary in doing good. leader remarks, the Senate will be in a greater. You know that if you do not Move them toward the deeper dedica- period of morning business, with Sen- do something this time, the news after tion and the higher purpose of pro- ators allowed to speak for up to 10 min- your next checkup may even be worse; viding hope for the marginalized in our utes each. The majority will control it will take even more drastic steps or world. Show them what they can do to the first 30 minutes, the Republicans more difficult changes to get healthy bring about the moral and spiritual re- will control the final 30 minutes. Fol- again. newal of this Nation in order to hasten lowing morning business, the Senate Well, America has had its checkup, the coming day of justice and peace in will resume consideration of the De- and the prognosis is not promising. Our our world. We pray in the Name of the partment of Defense authorization bill. health care system is sick. It is not King of Kings. Amen. Pending is an amendment dealing healthy. Our doctor’s orders are very f with the airplane, the F–22. That clear: If we do not start taking better amendment has been offered by Sen- care of ourselves, it is only going to get PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ators LEVIN and MCCAIN, the two man- worse. This is the message America The Honorable ROLAND BURRIS led agers of this bill. The President has in- has. the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: dicated if the F–22 language stays in The costs of health care today are I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the the bill, he will veto it. staggering. Families in every part of United States of America, and to the Repub- A decision has to be made today as to Nevada and in every State feel this lic for which it stands, one nation under God, how we are going to dispose of this every day. But the costs could get indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. amendment, either by passing it or by much higher. If we do not act, they will f moving beyond it in some way. We will get worse, much worse, much higher. APPOINTMENT OF ACTING recess today from 12:30 until 2:15 to If we do not act, they will get higher. PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE allow for the weekly policy lunches. The average American family today There will be no rollcall votes after 2 pays twice as much for its health care The PRESIDING OFFICER. The or 2:30 today. then it did a decade ago. If we do not clerk will please read a communication act, less than a decade from now those to the Senate from the President pro f costs will double again. Families are tempore (Mr. BYRD). HEALTH CARE REFORM not making more money, but they are The legislative clerk read the fol- Mr. REID. Mr. President, I think paying more trying to get healthy and lowing letter: nearly every one of us has gone to the to stay healthy. If we do not act, less U.S. SENATE, doctor and taken home advice to help than a decade from now you will spend PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, Washington, DC, July 14, 2009. us get better or to live healthier. almost half your family’s income on To the Senate: Maybe at one point in our lives, we health care. No one can be expected to Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, were told, for example, to exercise afford that. No one should have to af- of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby more. Maybe we were told to cut some- ford that. ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S7443 . VerDate Nov 24 2008 02:41 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\S14JY9.REC S14JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE S7444 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 14, 2009 After a while, the trillions of dollars will endanger not just them but all of Moreover, some estimates claim to millions of families spend start to add us. They will endanger families of cover a 10–year period but actually up. Our country spends on health care every background, businesses of every only cover a 6 year period. twice as much per person than any size, and our Nation’s collective future. We also know from hard experience other developed nation on the planet. We have already seen what happens with programs like Medicare and Med- Health care costs consume almost 20 when we do nothing. Over the past 8 icaid that government-run health plans cents of every dollar we spend. That is years of inaction, the cost of health are likely to cost far more in the long of every dollar spent in America. If we care rose to record levels, and the num- run than original estimates suggest. do not act, in a generation it will con- ber of Americans who cannot afford in- And we have seen that with the cur- sume more than one-third of every dol- surance did the same. Senator PATTY rent administration initial estimates lar. MURRAY’S story is certainly relevant. and assurances are not always on tar- You may be fortunate enough to af- For the 135,000 people in the State of get. Earlier this year, the Administra- ford health care this year, but if we do Washington, a 17.5-percent increase, on tion predicted the stimulus bill would not act, you may not be able to say the average, of their policies, is what they keep unemployment below 8 percent. It same next year. If we do not act, your have to pay. is now approaching 10 percent. children will likely not be able to say For the millions of families who file So Americans are increasingly con- the same when they grow up. for foreclosure because they cannot af- cerned about cost. This is why the ad- Last Thursday, I was in an event ford both their house and health care, vocates of government-run health care with Senator MURRAY, where she got not acting is not an option. For the are scrambling for a way to pay for it. notice from the State of Washington millions of Americans who file for But in their rush to find the money, that 135,000 people who are bene- bankruptcy because their medical bills they have come up with some terrible ficiaries of a health insurance plan in grow higher and higher and higher, not ideas, such as forcing small business her State got a notice that the average acting is not an option. For the mil- owners and seniors to pick up the tab rate of increase to the 135,000 recipients lions of Americans who have skipped a through higher taxes and cuts to Medi- of health care in that plan will have an doctor’s visit or treatments they need care. increase on an average of 17.5 percent. to stay healthy or who never fill a pre- Let me repeat that: the advocates for Staggering. We have all read the scription their doctor gives them be- government-run health care now want charts and seen the numbers repeated cause health care is simply too expen- small business owners and seniors to by those who oppose fixing our broken sive, not acting is not an option.
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