Michael Burgess: “I come to the floor tonight to talk about health care on this, the 6-month anniversary of the signing of the Patient…”

“I come to the floor tonight to talk about health care on this, the 6-month anniversary of the signing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in the East Wing of the White House, March 23 of this year. It's interesting because since the passage and signing of that bill into law, support has actually decreased rather than increased. This bill came to the House in the most unusual fashion. And in fact, our Speaker, Speaker Pelosi, was quoted as saying, ``We have to pass this bill so that you can find out what's in it.'' Well, that sounds pretty odd, doesn't it? It turns out the last 6 months have been just that, pretty odd. On August 31 of this year, Secretary Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, said, quoting, ``Unfortunately, there is still a great deal of confusion about what the reform law is and what it isn't. We have a lot of reeducation to do.'' I don't know if that means they will be setting up reeducation camps for some of us, but nevertheless you have to wonder about the implications of that statement.”