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. Speaker, ‘‘one of today in support of this historic effort stand. the brightest lights of the greatest gen- to bring back our health care system Today, House Republicans are going eration,’’ that’s how President Obama from the grip of a massive, unprece- to stand with the American people and correctly described Sargent Shriver, dented government takeover. are going to vote to repeal the govern- who we all know passed away yester- Overwhelmingly, my constituents in ment takeover of health care—lock, day. Colorado, like the majority of Ameri- stock, and barrel. Sargent Shriver gave new meaning to cans, know that ObamaCare increases Now, I know the other side and some the term ‘‘public service.’’ He never costs, explodes the deficit, raises taxes, liberals in the media don’t like us held elective service, and yet he hurts job-creators and, most impor- using that term ‘‘government takeover launched the Peace Corps, was a mem- tantly, gives the government control of health care,’’ but let me break it ber of the Diplomatic Corps, and he and over personal health care decisions. down for you: his wife started the great Special To force every American to buy a pri- When you mandate that every Amer- Olympics. vate product like health insurance is ican purchase health insurance, wheth- In fact, I first got to know him in unconstitutional. er they want it or need it or not; when 1997 when I happened to be traveling By using budgetary gimmicks, like you mandate that every business pro- with President Clinton in Latin Amer- counting 10 years of tax hikes against vide health insurance or send people to ica. We were in Buenos Aires, and it 6 years of spending, Democrats rigged a government-run exchange; when you just so happened that that night Sar- ObamaCare to get a misleading score pay for it with hundreds of billions of gent Shriver was there holding an from the Congressional Budget Office. dollars and higher taxes and mandates; event to raise funds for the Special Realistic accounting shows that this and when you throw in public funding Olympics. He, by virtue of his public law is a budget buster. ObamaCare cre- of abortion against the wishes of the service, was able to touch lives not just ates so much new bureaucracy and overwhelming majority of the Amer- here in the United States, but because spending that it took 2,800 pages to cre- ican people, that is the government of his service, he was able to touch ate it while the bill to repeal is only takeover of health care. And the Amer- lives all over the globe. two pages. ican people know it. Our thoughts and prayers are with Republicans will work to craft better I urge all of my colleagues in both his wonderful children and all the solutions that empower patients and political parties to join us today as we members of his family.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:53 Jan 20, 2011 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19JA7.003 H19JAPT1 tjames on DSKG8SOYB1PROD with HOUSE January 19, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H259 LET’S NOT RETURN TO A BROKEN the House for 1 minute and to revise publicans’ most unfortunate effort to HEALTH CARE SYSTEM and extend her remarks.) repeal health care reform that we (Mr. HEINRICH asked and was given Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. passed during the last Congress. This permission to address the House for 1 Speaker, I rise to share the story of Pa- repeal will increase the deficit by $230 minute.) tricia Maisch. Pat, as her friends call billion. No one disagrees with that but Mr. HEINRICH. Mr. Speaker, last her, lives outside Tucson and has been Republicans. That’s why the Repub- year we took a desperately needed fittingly hailed as one of the heroes lican majority exempted this legisla- stand for America’s families and small during the tragic shooting of our col- tion from pay-as-you-go budgeting. businesses over the insurance compa- league and friend GABBY GIFFORDS. Pat You know this repeal will increase the nies. We took a stand against insur- actually knocked the second gun clip deficit. ance company abuses like discrimina- out of the shooter’s hand as he was at- Keeping the law in its present form tempting to reload, very likely saving tion against the sick, lifetime limits, not only decreases the deficit but will the lives of more innocent people. the prescription drug doughnut hole, provide 32 million uninsured Americans She was in line to talk to her Con- and a resulting $1 trillion increase to gresswoman, to share that she thought the opportunity to obtain insurance our deficit. that the title of the health care repeal and provide dependable coverage for We took a stand for hardworking bill was disingenuous and because Pat their families; it allows children to re- Americans like Vicky Farrar, who and her husband own a small business main on their family’s policy to age 26; moved to Albuquerque only to discover north of Tucson. The spouse of one of it closes the doughnut hole, and it does that to reenroll in a health insurance their employees has a preexisting con- so much more. plan she would end up spending close to dition and they have been unable to Mr. Speaker, I can usually see both a third of her income because of her find affordable coverage to cover her. sides of an issue, but for the life of me, preexisting condition, high blood pres- Pat wanted to tell Congresswoman GIF- I can’t see what the Republicans are sure. That kind of skyrocketing cost FORDS that the health reform law will trying to achieve but to score political burden has stunted the dreams of help them provide health insurance for points with their right-wing base. American families and small busi- this employee. She wanted to ask I call on my friends to abandon your nesses while lining the pockets of in- Gabby to stand up to attempts to re- surance company CEOs. But thanks to efforts and let’s concentrate on putting peal health reform. Americans to work. That’s what my the American Affordable Care Act, Pat was unable to deliver her mes- Vicky and her doctor will be put back constituents are demanding and your sage to her Representative, but she constituents as well. in charge of her health care and able to asked me to share it with you now. choose an affordable insurance policy. Heed the words of Pat Maisch. Heed the f I urge my colleagues to vote against words of millions of Americans needing a return to the broken health care sys- health care. Don’t repeal vital health tem that we spent decades trying to care reform. HISTORIC DAY—REPEAL OF fix. OBAMACARE f f REPEAL GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER (Mr. GRAVES of Georgia asked and SHOTS ACROSS THE BORDER OF HEALTH CARE was given permission to address the (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was House for 1 minute and to revise and (Mr. DENHAM asked and was given extend his remarks.) given permission to address the House permission to address the House for 1 for 1 minute.) minute.) Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Speak- Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, re- Mr. DENHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise er, today is a historic day in America. cently, in the border ghost town of today to speak in favor of repealing the Acting on the will of the voters and the Fort Quitman, Texas, a county road government takeover of health care majority of all Americans, today we crew came under automatic weapon forced through Congress without the will vote to repeal ObamaCare. fire. The four Hudspeth County work- input of the American people. Now, while the Senate appears less ers reported at least eight shots were This country is currently in the interested in following suit, here in the fired at them from across the border in midst of a terrible recession and it’s House this vote marks the beginning of Mexico. clear that shouldering America’s small round two of a vigorous and spirited The Rio Grande is very narrow in businesses with heavier tax burdens national debate on health care. Over this isolated region and is used by and increased regulation will only pro- the coming months and weeks, this de- armed drug smugglers to bring drugs long our road to recovery. bate will go from Congress to kitchen into the United States. Speculation by By mandating that small businesses tables all across this country. So as we the Texas Rangers is the shooter was and individuals carry government-ap- reengage in this debate, the party on trying to protect the drug route from proved health care, the Federal Gov- the left questions: Why do the Amer- the workers. This newest attack on the ernment has dramatically overstepped ican people want this policy repealed road crew is yet another example of the the boundaries of personal freedom so bad? So let’s revisit some of those brazen, violent determination of out- guaranteed by our Constitution. It in- areas. laws to invade the United States. fringes on the rights of the States by Number one, the employee mandate, The United States protects the bor- forcing new requirements upon them penalizing and punishing businesses for ders of other nations. Why doesn’t the and penalizing them should they not having government-approved Federal Government do its constitu- choose to opt out of the Federal man- health care; the individual mandate, tional duty and really protect our bor- date. punishing and taxing Americans who der from foreign invaders? Are border The American people were misled. A choose not to have government-ap- States going to have to not only give government-run health care plan will proved health care; the $569 billion in road crews shovels but rifles to protect limit access and choice, and millions of new taxes on the American people; jobs them from the drug cartels? Americans will lose their coverage be- being lost; the cost of the bill, $2.6 tril- It’s time to be serious and protect cause of mandates from bureaucrats in lion with a $700 billion deficit over the Americans and put more National Washington. first 10 years of its life; and, yes, 222 Guard troops on the border. Mean- f corporations already exempt and while, Washington seems to be whis- waived from this policy. That’s why. tling by the graveyard of indifference. REPEAL OF THE PATIENTS’ BILL And that’s just the way it is. OF RIGHTS It’s time to reopen the debate, de- f (Mr. BUTTERFIELD asked and was bunk the myths, and replace this law given permission to address the House with less costly, market-driven solu- HEALTH CARE REPEAL for 1 minute.) tions that truly expand access and af- (Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ asked Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Mr. Speaker, fordability, and above all, preserve our and was given permission to address today we continue debate on the Re- individual liberties.

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