On the recordJanuary 19, 2011
I appreciate the leadership of the gentleman from California. So we have several dozen new Republican Members of this House, and as a result, the first thing we are going to do is to attempt to repeal health care. Let me review what has happened. These new Members came into office, and they were all given the opportunity to sign up for health insurance coverage for their own families; and unless they had better coverage, most of them took that opportunity. But now in the very first legislative act of this new Congress, they are going to deny that opportunity for coverage for their own constituents. So their children are covered--their spouses are covered--but what about the children of their constituents? What about their loved ones? What about their businesses? They have full employment now. But what about their constituents whose employers will not be able to provide coverage for their own constituents when they repeal this law? This law was modeled after the plan that Members of Congress have now and that our new colleagues were only too happy to sign up for. I think this is the height of hypocrisy. Do unto others as you would do unto yourselves. Treat your constituents as you have treated yourselves. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
