Don't Rush Health Care; Get It Right

Floor Speech

Don't Rush Health Care; Get It Right

Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, health care is one of the most important issues that Congress will address this year. We need to make sure we take the time to get it right.

However, congressional leaders have other plans. Rather than taking the time to get it right, they want to spend another $1.6 trillion on a government health care plan that includes $500 billion in cuts in Medicare for seniors. And regardless of any arm twisting, no one can change the fact that this plan will slide our Nation deeper into debt. In fact, just 2 days ago, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office ascertained and confirmed that the proposed health care plan would cause a massive spike in the Federal budget deficit, adding as much as $1.6 trillion over the next 10 years.

Mr. Speaker, more runaway deficits are something that Americans cannot afford. Let's reform our health care system the right way without raising taxes on small business and without adding new debt on our children and our grandchildren.

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