King Signs Health Care Reform Pledge
ByIowa Congressman Steve King Signs Health Care Reform Pledge and pledges to oppose any health care bill not publicly available for 72 hours, a bill that he has not read.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Steve King (R-IA) today signed the Let Freedom Ring Health Care Reform Pledge. The Pledge is available at http://www.letfreedomringusa.com/pledge-to-read. By signing, Congressman King pledges to oppose any health care proposal he has not read and that is not publicly available for at least 72 hours before a vote in Congress. King’s statement follows:
“Liberals have put forth a health care plan that will empower Washington bureaucrats to control our health care system. To pay for their plan, liberals are proposing more job-killing tax hikes – up to an additional 5.4 percent – on the engine of economic growth in America: small businesses. This plan will decrease the quality of our health care, cost American jobs and raise our taxes to pay for more Washington spending.”
“A massive government health care takeover like this should not be considered lightly. Signing this pledge is an indication of how seriously I take all attempts to reform our health care system. Americans cannot allow a bloated, big-government proposal to slip through without appropriate review.”
“I support health care reform that strengthens, not hurts, the relationship between patients and doctors. Patients and their families need to be able to make health care decisions based on consultations with doctors. We do not need Washington bureaucrats deciding what we can and cannot do.”
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I know that our state and our Federal Legislature are out of touch with the American public. I heard Ted Kennedy say on ABC news last night that if the health care bill goes though every American in the USA would have the same exact health care plan that he has. If that isn't the most bald face lie I ever heard I don't know what is. I say hats off to Congressman King. If I lived in Iowa, I would campaign for him for next year. I am looking for another Jesse Helms. Mr. Helms got my attention when the Readers Digest ran a story on him saying that he was the ONLY member of the House and Senate who turned back into the Congressional Budget Office every year, the monies he DID NOT use to run his office. How do we turn things around and will we be able to do it quick enough to stop the Socialist movement? If they love the Socialist government so much, why don't they move to a Socialist country? I would be glad to help them all pack up and leave.
Okay. Thank you for letting me know. Nancy R.