On the recordDecember 7, 2010
Well, I thank the gentleman, Dr. Gingrey, and, of course, Dr. Paulx Broun, my other colleague who is here tonight, both gentlemen from Georgia. I want to thank you both and state my appreciation for your leadership and for holding these Special Orders. You know, we did a ton of these Special Orders back here in the health care debate, and I've got a feeling we are going to be doing a bunch more. Because, in my opinion, my humble opinion--I am just ending my first term up here--but I have a feeling that the health care debate has just begun, that this thing is far from over. As a preface to my discussion about health care, I want to point out and remind everyone, certainly, Mr. Speaker, the fact that we are in desperate need of reviving our economy, 9.8 percent unemployment. And as I travel around the country, and particularly in my district, there are three main reasons for that given to me by employers. "Why aren't you hiring people?" and this is what they tell me. Number one, our tax situation is so uncertain, we don't know what to expect, and hopefully soon we are going to put certainty back into our tax policy by not raising taxes a single dime on any individual in this country. Number two, they tell me that banks are just not lending money. There are many reasons for that. We are not going to get into that tonight, but the bottom line is credit is not available to businesses. Then, finally, and I think most importantly, is the ObamaCare.
