Dave Camp: “Mr. Speaker, I know that some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are still undecided, and I sincerely urge…”

“Mr. Speaker, I know that some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are still undecided, and I sincerely urge you to vote ``no.'' This is the wrong bill at the wrong time. At a time when 15 million Americans are out of work, this is the wrong time to hit small businesses with more taxes and more requirements. At a time when premiums are surging for working families is the wrong time to pass a bill that everyone acknowledges is actually going to increase premiums. At a time that we have a $3.8 trillion budget, 40 percent of which is deficit spending and is being put on the credit card, this is the wrong time to pass a new massive government spending program. And at a time when Americans are losing trust in Congress, it is the wrong time to strike backroom deals and pass a bill over the will of the people. Everybody in this body acknowledges the need for real health care reform. But this health care reform will make things worse, not better, for the people we serve. We should not let the hunger to do something-- anything--trick us into passing a bill that will cripple free enterprise and permanently diminish the freedom of the American individual.”