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On the recordMarch 16, 2010
The United States is the largest economy in the world. We are bigger than our four next competitors, and we got there through personal freedom and individual choice. We didn't get there by government management. Now, countries in Europe, we have heard a lot about the fact that they have government-run health care, but that is not America. We are distinct. We place our faith in the individual. We compete, but we don't compete with the government. The Federal Government should not be given the power to make health care choices for you or your family or to force you, as a taxpayer, as a citizen, to pay for an abortion when it violates your values. Let's listen to the majority of Americans. Let's start over. Let's have an American plan. Let's work on solutions that are consistent with our traditions of choice, freedom, and put our faith in the individual, not the government.
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Spencer Bachus
Alabama

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Bachus discusses the importance of individual choice in healthcare and opposes government involvement.

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