Dave Camp: “Let's be clear about what we are doing here today, and, that is, absolutely nothing. This bill is going nowhere. It will…”

“Let's be clear about what we are doing here today, and, that is, absolutely nothing. This bill is going nowhere. It will not be signed into law, and it will be totally rewritten in the Senate. Majority Leader Reid made that perfectly clear on the floor of the Senate last night. So if you want to walk a $54.2 billion deficit-increasing, tax-hiking, job-killing plank, vote ``yes.'' If not, vote ``no.'' Let's also be clear that this bill has nothing to do with jobs. In fact, virtually every business group is opposed to this package: the Chamber of Commerce, Home Builders, Associated General Contractors, the National Federation of Independent Businesses, the National Association of Manufacturers, and the list goes on and on. Employers across the country say this bill will hurt our economic recovery. With employment stuck at nearly 10 percent, this is the last bill this House should be passing. And here we are addressing yet another fundamental flaw in the Democrats' health care overhaul. Had the Democrats not hidden the true cost of that law, we would not be here today voting on another so-called ``doc fix,'' a fix that expands the deficit by $22.9 billion, kicks the can 19 months down the road, has doctors facing a 33 percent cut in 2012, and will force us to spend billions more.”