On January 27, 2010 Republican members of the House took a bold stance against the proposals for a health care takeover by Liberal members of the House and Senate. See Rep. Bachmann’s press release, below.

Washington, D.C., Jan 27 – U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann (MN-06), along with several Republican colleagues, formally unveiled and signed today the Declaration of Health Care Independence at the U.S. Capitol.

“The Declaration of Health Care Independence is a commitment to protect the rights of the American people to make their own health care decisions, reduce bureaucratic red-tape, decrease intergenerational debt, and includes 10 common-sense principles that must be included in future health care reforms,” said Bachmann.  “This is not a bill, but rather a roadmap of the rules going forward.

“I believe the majority of Washington supports these 10 principles, and I invite members on both sides of the aisle to sign the Declaration so we can move forward and implement reforms that are good for the American people. The people have spoken, and they have overwhelmingly rejected what’s been put forth so far. It’s

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Below, you will find Rep. Steve King’s Press Release on the unveiling.

King Unveils Declaration of Health Care Independence

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Steve King, along with House Republicans, today unveiled the Declaration of Health Care Independence, a commitment to protect the rights of the American people to make their own health decisions, reduce bureaucratic red-tape, decrease intergenerational debt and includes ten common-sense principles that must be included in future health care reforms.

Full text of the document is available at http://steveking.house.gov/_files/DeclarationofHealthCareIndependence.pdf. A copy of the Declaration of Health Care Independence is below:

Declaration of Health Care Independence

In order to retain the Blessings of Liberty as secured to us by our Founding Fathers and as expressed in our Constitution, We the People reject the imposition upon us of a new, Washington-controlled system of government-run health care.  We demand Constitutional protection of the right to make our own health decisions and our own health

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