House Proceeding 06-15-09 on Jun 15th, 2009 :: 0:07:05 to 0:08:25
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Joe Wilson: the future research and development and performance of high performance technologies. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection.

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Speech By: Joe Wilson

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Joe Wilson: the gentleman is recognized. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, president obama and his democrat allies in congress have said that they want those who currently like their health care plan to keep it. then they publicly endorse a government-run health care insurance plan that would crowd out and eliminate the private insurance plans millions of americans currently enjoy. they cannot have it both ways. the democrat big government proposals claim to increase

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Joe Wilson: access and affordability by letting government determine what will and will not be paid for. as the only game in town, a government insurance plan would be the sole provider and decider of the quality of health care available. conversely, republicans have long argued that health care reform should focus on expanding access so more

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Joe Wilson: americans can afford a higher quality of care. we should be focused on empowering more individuals and families to afford the level of care they want. if congress chooses tompow the government and itself in crafting a new government-run insurance plan, it will directly undermine the doctor-patient relationship that is the foundation of