Press Releases
Luetkemeyer: President Needs to Show Us Government Will Not Takeover Health Care
Washington, DC,
September 10, 2009
I had hoped that the President's address would mark the beginning of a truly bi-partisan effort to reform health care for all American families, but unfortunately those hopes were dashed by the cleverly disguised attempt to sell the American people a health care proposal they soundly rejected during the month of August in halls across America.
U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-9) issued the following statement on health care: “I had hoped that the President’s address would mark the beginning of a truly bi-partisan effort to reform health care for all American families, but unfortunately those hopes were dashed by the cleverly disguised attempt to sell the American people a health care proposal they soundly rejected during the month of August in halls across America. “Here in the Show-Me State, we expect folks to show us what they have to offer. Instead of a new plan for health care reform, the President showed us again that he supports government control of health care. Instead of an affordable way to pay for health care, the President wants to increase the ever-increasing debt burden on future generations. And instead of providing health care relief to small businesses, he is still promoting a plan that will close down small businesses and force people out of work. “Talk is cheap. And while all of us in Washington agree that we need health care reform, I will not support more government intrusion into lives of the hardworking families of Missouri’s 9th District. We need to go back to the drawing board, not recycle the same old bad ideas. We need to work in a bi-partisan fashion rather than issue threats from the bully pulpit. We need to put people before politics and the President has again failed to do that.” ### |