mr. fleming: exactly. mr. cassidy: it's not the government bureaucracy between our friends up there, rather it is empowering patients. mr. fleming: this does not exist. this matrix you see with dr. roe and dr. boozman that does not exist in this plan. mr. broun: if i could -- if you would yield just a second, to draw a contrast here, too, is in the plan that you were just talking about, dr. fleming, a patient, or an employee, could choose whether they want to purchase their plan through their employer or not, is that correct? mr. fleming: that is correct. mr. broun: in the democratic plan, they're going to be forced to buy the employer-provided health insurance or they're going to be taxed at 2% increase tax rate over what they're being taxed today. so their taxes are going to go up by 2%, they're going to be forced into that employer- provided health care plan that's going to be dictated, if you'll hold just a second, i want to make one very strong point here, that people need to understand, that employer-pro

mr. fleming for today and july 8, mr. pence for today, mr. jones for today, july 8, 9, 10, 13 and 14. mr. burton for today and july 8, 9 and 10. mr. olson for july 9. mr. inglis for today and july 13. mr. moran for today, july 8, 9 and 10. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. woolsey: i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders hevert entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes to revise and extend their remarks and include thrn extraneous materials. ms. woolsey, ms. kaptur, mr. quigley, illinois, mr. spratt, south carolina. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009 and

mr. fleming texas spast correct. mr. akin: it isn't like all these proms -- promises that this is such a wonderful health insurance, the thing that strikes me, say somebody said to you, it sounds like -- what they're selling sounds good, the government will give you free health insurance, free health coverage, not just insurance but health care access. if somebody said would you like the government to give you a free home? we'd be crazy to say no. of course i'd like to a free home. then they follow it up, would you want to live in government housing? that's a different question. isn't that the parallel. we're going to give you free medical insurance, except you have to wait longer and it's going to be more expensive. i like the idea of free medical insurance, but is that what we're getting? it didn't work in massachusetts or tennessee. we're joined by another doctor, a good friend of mine, it's interesting that doctors are coming out to talk about this plan. we've got dr. broun from georgia, another medical doctor, has a

mr. fleming: absolutely. the reason is it's so stremmeds is because only a scratch of it is only detected. mr. akin: so people get away with a lot of fraud in medicaid and that runs the cost up to make it less efficient. mr. fleming: no question about it. mr. akin: do you have other examples? mr. fleming: to compare that to private industry, if you take a private organization, let's say a health maintenance organization, mayo clinic, which is has been in the headlines lately, or kaiser,hey track their providers very closely and if they're going off the scale it doesn't matter whether they are doing something illegal or not, if they're just simply overusing or in some cases underusing or inappropriately using or doing things that are not within what we consider a good standard of care, then they're going to be re-educated or they're going to be terminated, you don't have to go through all of the expense to get very few people and really get very poor results. mr. akin: how many people get busted for medicaid fr

mr. fleming: thank you. i thank the gentlelady for yielding back and i apologize from ohio, instead of new jersey, i'm getting my schmidts and smiths mixed up this evening. i want to briefly in the final moments, i want to pitch back to mr. smith from new jersey. mr. smith: thank you, and i say to my friend from ohio, thank you for that extraordinarily eloquent statement, as usual. mrs. schmidt: thank you. mr. smith: the abortion industry is seeking a bailout. this is the abortion bailout bill. the number of abortions are going down because of ultra sound and educational efforts. this would force private insurers to mandate, it would mandate them to cover abortion and public as well. it would expand venues, killing centers to do abortion. but there's something that i'd like your take on. the former director of the national abortion federation has said that the number of abortions are going down also because there are physicians who either can't or won't perform this, quote, essential service. the american me

mr. fleming: i ask members from both parties to vote for this. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? mr. hall: i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. hall: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to talk about how clean energy technology is creating jobs in my district and why we need to send it to follow our lead and pass the american clean energy security bill to create even more jobs in the hudson valley and throughout the country. mercury solar in my district started three years ago with five employees and now employs 60 people, expecting to have 80 by year's end. and another solar cell mfer will be employing 150 people by next year. business is growing in leaps and bounds because of the market created by new york's renewable energy requirements, because of federal tax exemptions we passed here in congress and because of the economic stimulus package. but more needs to be done and that is why we need the m

mr. fleming: thank you, mr. speaker. as it stands now, the democrat health plan equals tax-payer funded abortions. let me repeat that. as it stands now, the democrat health plan equals taxpayer funded abortions. if unamended, the obama health plan will be the most massive abortion expansion since roe v. wade and every insurance payer will be forced to pay for every abortion. the taking of innocent life is not health care. i know. i'm a physician. yet, without an abortion exclusion this reform bill will be the platform for thrusting abortion into every aspect of health care in this country. the secretary of h.h.s. and the so-called benefits advisory committee will determine the specific mandated services. abortion will be included in the minimum benefits unless it is excluded. and the democrats refuse to do that. this bill does an end run to current funding restrictions that contain language that both authorizes and appropriates. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does t

mr. fleming: thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from iowa rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. braley: madam speaker, on tuesday there was a long parade of my friends from the other side coming down here to the well to talk about the problems with the democratic health care bill. and you just heard the distinguished minority leader talking about the cost of this bill. well, this is a stark reality, america. america can no longer wait for health care reform. every person in this country pays a hidden tax of $1,200 a year, every family in this country pays a hidden tax of $1,800 a year to take care of people right now who don't have health insurance but still get health care. that's the reality we're dealing with and that's why we are working hard to try to transform our health care delivery system. and my friend from louisiana just spoke is a perfect example of what's wrong. right now we know that in our country the states that provide the highest quality of care to medicare patien

mr. fleming: thank you, mr. speaker.as it stands now, the democrat health plan equals tax-payer funded abortions. let me repeat that. as it stands now, the democrat health plan equals taxpayer funded abortions. if unamended, the obama health plan will be the most massive abortion expansion since roe v. wade and every insurance payer will be forced to pay for every abortion. the taking of innocent life is not health care. i know. i'm a physician. yet, without an abortion exclusion this reform bill will be the platform for thrusting abortion into every aspect of health care in this country. the secretary of h.h.s. and the so-called benefits advisory committee will determine the specific mandated services. abortion will be included in the minimum benefits unless it is excluded. and the democrats refuse to do that. this bill does an end run to current funding restrictions that contain language that both authorizes and appropriates. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does th

mr. fleming: thank you, mr. speaker. recently, the president said in a speech, folks are skeptical and that is entirely legitimate because they haven't seen a lot of laws coming out of washington that help. that is an understatement. americans have found themselves at the mercy of the mass social agenda this administration and the liberal congress -- the liberal leadership in congress. first, it was the $750 billion stimulus bill that created nor saved any jobs. then came cap and tax. both of those bills passed after minutes it came out without being read. but this health care bill, h.r. 3200, is the mother of all bad bills. and seeks to recast america as a new socialist state. if it pass as in its current form, we can expect tax increases for all american families, waiting lines with d.m.v.-style medicine, an explosion of taxpayer-funded abortions and a lack of good health care for the elderly. republicans are urging democrats to finally reach across the aisle and work with republicans for a change. the speaker pro temp

mr. fleming: very good. i thank the gentleman. and i'll be be quick here because i do have something very important. i want to draw the camera's attention to this placard. particularly the website outlined below, fleming.house.gov harding house resolution 615 that really gets to the meat of the matter and again this is another effort to appeal to the grassroots. over the past few weeks members of congress and the american people have come to know the details of the proposed health care plan advanced by the administration and the democrats. call it whatever you like, but at the end of the day, the proposal is still a government-run health care system. now with its health care plan, the administration and the liberal leadership of this congress are guaranteeing this democracy is on the solid path towards socialism. as a physician i'm amazed at the number of bureaucrats in this house who are quick to claim a government-run health care plan is the reform this country needs. so i come before this body to announce a resolution that i ju

mr. fleming: mr. speaker, a couple weeks ago i launched house resolution 615 that simply says that if you vote for a government-run system you should be willing to sign up for it. so far i've had a number of republicans sign up but not one democrat. since launching h.res. 615, that calls for members to sign up for government health care, if they vote for it, it has received tremendous grassroots response. we now have over 100,000 americans who have signed up in support. the signatures represent all 50 states with supporters of the billed a mentment about its accountability of congressional lawmakerto the people. this message has resonated across america for one simple reason. and the people of this country are sick and tired of being the victims of bad laws while their elected representatives are exempt from the same laws. it is obvious that nobody in washington wants for themselves a bureaucrat standing between them and their doctor, and an expensive health care delivery system and abandoned when tho

mr. fleming, mr. boustany, mr. conaway, mr. price thus far have been refused by the majority permission to express their point of view with respect to one of the most critical issues facing our country, that of reforming our health care system. one of the most distinguished members of this body, a member of the ways and means committee, congressman kevin brady from texas, working with the republican economic staff of the joint economic committee came up with this chart outlining what we believe to be the bureaucratic nightmare contained in the majority's proposal for health care. now, the majority disagrees. with our interpretation of the facts. that's part of politics. that's part of this body. but the majority has now said we will not allow you in the minority to use any official communications mechanisms to share your view of the impact of this legislation on your constituents. why does this seem strange? it just happens in 1993 when we were faced with what later became known as hillary care, an attempt by the clinton admini

mr. fleming of louisiana. mr. jones, north carolina. mr. burton, indiana. mr. moran, kansas. mr. gohmert, texas. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from california, mr. rohrabacher, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. rohrabacher: thank you very much. madam speaker, i rise tonight on the return of president obama from his perhaps groundbreaking visit to russia. i as well have recently returned to russia, was there just prior to president obama's visit and i rise tonight to discuss america's relationship with russia, as well as our continued involvement in nato, as well as today's threats of radical islam and tomorrow's looming threat of a powerful communist china. first, and foremost i think it's important for us to take a look at history and take a look at the present and take a look at the future concerning america's exact positioning overseas. first and foremost that would mean today we need to look at nato. the north atlantic treaty organization. this organization of course if we are honest with ourselve

mr. fleming: thank you, mr. speaker. the more details the americans learn about the government takeover of health care proposed by the president and the liberal leadership of congress, the less support there is for this insane idea. a "washington post"/abc poll shows more than half of the country is opposed to this plan. yes, this deep dive into socialism is fading fast. the nonpartisan c.b.o. says this plan won't reduce the cost, as the president suggested. it will accelerate it. and we know that will kill jobs. this liberal congress ran the stimulus and the cap and trade, which nobody could read before voting, down the throats of the american people, but they are now fed up and on to their strategy. we don't want d.m.v., department of motor vehicles-style medicine with long waiting lines, delayed care and skyrocketing cancer death rates as in canada and the u.k. we don't want a system that will bankrupt this country and ignore the elderly, and we sure don't want our tax money paying for abortions. simply put, we want c

mr. fleming of louisiana, mr. pence of pennsylvania.he speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? mr. cantor: mr. speaker, i ask to address the house for one minute for the purpose of inquiring about next week's schedule. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. cantor: i thank the speaker and i yield to the gentleman from maryland, the majority leader, for the purpose of announcing next week's schedule. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman from virginia, the rep whip for yielding. on monday the house will meet at 12:30 for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. on tuesday the house will meet at 10:30 for morning hour and 12:00 for legislative. on wednesday and thursday the house will meet at 10:00. and on friday the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. we will consider several bills under suspension. the complete list of suspension bills will be announced at the close of business today. in addition we'll consider the 2010 d

fleming. >> okay. thank you. yes. thank you, mr. chairman.want to say briefly that there are three fundamental problems with the takeover, the government takeover of this health plan. one is cost despite what our president says, despite what members of the other side of the aisle says. every analysis that has credibility including the cbo says the cost will go up for years and in fact in the out years it will go up infinitely. bureaucracy stepping between the patient and the physician, a psyche kred sacred relationship. it's tremendously bureaucratic. we may hear more examples of that today from other countries. and finally, a big concern, despite where you may be on pro-choice or pro-life, this ploisd taxpayer fund abortions which 69% of the american people are against. so we have some very fundamental flaws with this plan and quite honestly despite what you hear democrats say, every single republican is not for the status quo. we are for true health care reform. common sense health care reform. not nonsense health care reform. >> paul ryan.

fleming. >> okay. thank you. yes. thank you, mr. chairman.ust want to say briefly that there are three fundamental problems with the takeover, the government takeover of this health plan. one is cost despite what our president says, despite what members of the other side of the aisle says. every analysis that has credibility including the cbo says the cost will go up for years and in fact in the out years it will go up infinitely. bureaucracy stepping between the patient and the physician, a psyche kred sacred relationship. it's tremendously bureaucratic. we may hear more examples of that today from other countries. and finally, a big concern, despite where you may be on pro-choice or pro-life, this ploisd taxpayer fund abortions which 69% of the american people are against. so we have some very fundamental flaws with this plan and quite honestly despite what you hear democrats say, every single republican is not for the status quo. we are for true health care reform. common sense health care reform. not nonsense health care reform. >> paul r

mr. calvert's newsletter by the commission. the following people have had censorship of their language recently. representative herger, representative lamar smith, representative lamborn, bonner, westmoreland, always ston, shuster, gingrey, fleming, boustany, brady, conaway, price, culberson, garrett, kline and lee, all have been in some form or fashion censored in their freedom of speech. now, folks, if they'll take the freedom of speech from members of congress, when will they take it away from the press? when will they take it away from the people? when will they take it away from you? and your children? and the next generation of americans that we pass this great freedom on to, the right of americans to stand up and speak their mind. and yet this party in control of this house is starting to interfere with the freedom of speech of american citizens who are elected by other american citizens to represent them on the floor of congress. i have talked a long time, but i'm upset by what's going on. i'm joined by some of my colleagues and let my friend, judge poe from texas, judge, i'll yield to you whatever time you need. mr. poe: thank you, judge carter. i appreciate the time to address this issue. you have brought forth an exce