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On the recordMarch 16, 2010
As I stand here today, congressional Democrat leadership has yet to finalize or publish the so-called fix-it bill that will ultimately be the basis to gather the 216 votes necessary to pass health care reform, and they certainly haven't said how much it is going to cost; yet Democrat after Democrat has gotten up here today saying that they are for this legislation. So think about it. How can you be for a bill that is not yet written, not yet finalized, not yet published, and for which no one knows how much it is going to cost? The answer is simple. It is really not about how much it costs or how many people it will cover; it is about control, government control over who is going to make health care decisions in this country. And that is exactly what the American people are rejecting. Madam Speaker, the swamp isn't being drained through this process; it apparently is just getting deeper and wider.
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Jim Gerlach
Pennsylvania

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Gerlach criticizes the lack of transparency and finalization in the health care reform process.

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