On the recordMarch 21, 2010
The vote we take tonight very well may unalterably change the role of government in a society whose most cherished birthright is that of personal freedom. There are so many reasons to oppose this legislation. Taxpayer-funded abortions, the sleazy backroom deals that brought us the Cornhusker kickback, the Louisiana purchase, the pharmaceutical payoff, one-half trillion dollars in tax increases on an economy where millions have lost their jobs and can still find no gainful employment. As a member of the House Budget Committee, let me give you one more: We can't afford it. Our government can't even pay for the promises it has made current generations, much less future generations. After giving us the largest deficits in American history, after proposing to triple the national debt in the next 10 years, Democrats today want to add $2.6 trillion of new spending to the Federal budget, costing every household $22,000. That is more money to borrow from the Chinese, more bills to send to our children and grandchildren. Mr. Speaker, you cannot improve the health care of a Nation by bankrupting its children. I have seen the Democrats' Congressional Budget Office letter about cost. Garbage in, garbage out. When you put facts in, you get facts out. My Congressional Budget Office letter says the program will add to the deficit.
