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On the recordMay 7, 2013
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is, indeed, a pleasure to be here tonight to talk about a very, very important subject, and that is the case of Dr. Kermit Gosnell. Before I do, I do want to mention a couple of things about the previous Special Order of my friends on the other side of the aisle who were talking about, for instance, Medicare and coverage under Medicare and ObamaCare, pointing out that insurance companies are not as good as the government in terms of denying care. I would suggest to my friends that at least you can change your insurance companies. You cannot change your government. So I see that as a fatal flaw, among many, with ObamaCare. Also, a lot of time was spent talking about income disparity. I absolutely agree with my friends that the rich are getting richer and that the poor are getting poorer in America--but President Barack Obama has been our President for the last nearly 5 years. It's his policies that are creating that situation. In fact, unemployment levels among minorities, particularly Hispanics and African Americans, are at historically high levels. It is because of the policies of Obamanomics, ObamaCare regulations, Dodd-Frank, and the excessive spending that has been occurring in Washington that have led to this problem. Then, finally, my friends talked about the fact that the President has submitted a couple of jobs bills and that we've refused to take them up or to pass them. I would submit, Mr.…
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John Fleming
Republican · Louisiana
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May 7, 2013

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