Health Care Reform

Floor Speech

Mr. McCAUL. Madam Speaker, the American people have spoken loud and clear on this issue as recently as the Massachusetts election. They want health care reform, but they reject this bill. This administration and the Democrat majority have been tone deaf to this message. Speaker Pelosi just said, ``We need to pass this bill to see what's in it.''

I don't quite understand what that really means. But I will tell you what's in this bill: there's over $500 billion in tax increases, a cut to Medicare by $500 billion, a new form of government-run health care insurance by the Office of Personnel Management, a cut to Social Security by $4.2 billion, and sweetheart deals, basically legalized bribery, to buy off votes of the Senate by the Louisiana purchase, the Cornhusker kickback and the Gator aid.

To those Blue Dog Democrats, 40 sitting in conservative districts, do the right thing. Don't walk the plank on this bill. This is still the United States of America, and we're going to take this country back.

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