House Proceeding 03-16-10 on Mar 16th, 2010 :: 2:58:25 to 2:59:40
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Charles W. Dent: open and honest vote. i yield back, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> thank you, madam speaker. you know, for the better part of a year we devoted the lion share of our attention to health care reform and where we are today, from the speer of the house, we have to pass the bill so you

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Speech By: Charles W. Dent

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Charles W. Dent: can find out what's in it. that's simply unbelievable. and it's wrong. i've worked with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to develop proposals that will lower costs, expand access and improve quality. i regret very much where we are today in terms ofoth the policy and the process. policywise there's a lot we don't know. we haven't seen this reconciliation fix-it bill. we don't have a score from the c.b.o.

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Charles W. Dent: we're talking about 1/16 of our american economy but we haven't seen it yet. let's talk about what we do know. the bill that we have seen. the senate health care bill. this bill will increase taxes by more than a half a trillion dollars, it wil slash medicare by nearly a half a trillion dollars. all to create a $1 trillion entitlement program. families who purchase coverage on the individual market will

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Charles W. Dent: see an average increase of $2,300. this is not the reform the american people want. unbelievably the process is even worse than the policy. in the coming day the powerful rules committe will meet up