Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) "Health Care is too important... to be written behind closed doors."

(Remarks as Prepared)

The health care of every American is too important to risk on one gigantic piece of legislation especially one that is being written in secret and behind closed doors.

The Democrat plan or at least the last time any of us saw it was over 1,000 pages long, contained hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes taxes on families earning as little as $20,000 per year and taxes on small businesses.

Even if our unemployment rate wasnt at 9.8 percent over 15 percent in my home state of Michigan these massive new taxes would create an undue burden on families and employers. To raise these taxes while so many Americans are losing their job is irresponsible.

And to what end do the Democrats raise these taxes? What do we get for these tax increases? While the Democrats health care tax increases go into effect almost immediately, Democrats delay their so-called reforms for years to come. This plan is literally immediate pain for no gain.

Again, the health care of every American is too important to risk on this secretly negotiated, 1,000-plus page bill.

With that, I yield back the balance of my time.

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