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Guthrie: We need to piece together better solutions in an open and honest system

Washington, DC, March 16, 2010
Washington, DC – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) delivered the following remarks today on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in opposition to the Majority's health care bill:

Washington, DC – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) delivered the following remarks today on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in opposition to the Majority’s health care bill:

“Everyone wants to make health care more affordable and more accessible. 

“But for the past year, the majority has been working on the pieces of a puzzle they call health care reform; and now that their puzzle is complete, the picture doesn’t make any sense.

“Their final image includes billions of dollars in new taxes, over a trillion dollars in new government spending, increases the premiums of the 85 percent of those who have health insurance now and cuts Medicare by half-a-trillion-dollars. 

“And I continue to hear from Kentuckians from home who remain concerned over the possible passage of this bill and who are frustrated with this process.  

“We need to start over. We need to piece together better solutions in an open and honest system.

“Now is the time to work on incremental reforms that will lower the cost of health care, without spending trillions and bankrupting future generations.”