On the recordFebruary 18, 2011
I will remind my colleagues of testimony that was given before the House Budget Committee by Mr. Foster, the chief actuary of Medicare, who blew a hole in the two primary promises of ObamaCare. The first promise, that people get to keep the health care that they have if they liked it, he said that's not going to happen. The second promise, that it would lower the cost of health care, he said that's not going to happen. This is the chief actuary of Medicare. I didn't have the opportunity to speak on this floor when this bill came through the House of Representatives, but I do now, because the people of Colorado spoke on November 2 when they said, enough is enough, let's get Congress doing the people's business, creating jobs, getting government out of the way. Let's find real solutions for the health care bill, solutions that will actually bring commonsense reforms to lower the cost of health care, increase the quality of care, not result in 800,000 job losses, not result in promises made to the people that can't be kept. We have got to do something soon. And I hope it's voting. I urge the adoption of this amendment.
