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A recent report by the Government Accountability Office, requested by committee Republicans, found that the Food and Drug Adminstration was slow to ban cheats and fakers from conducting research for the agency. For the report, click here.

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November 4, 2009

WASHINGTON - House Democrats, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, have released their latest version of government-run health care, a plan that costs more than $1.2 trillion. The Republicans’ alternative solution focuses on lowering health care premiums for families and small businesses, increasing access to affordable, high-quality care, and promoting healthier lifestyles – without adding to the crushing debt Washington has placed on our children and grandchildren.

For the Republican health care alternative, click here.

Fact Sheet: Speaker Pelosi’s Government Takeover of Health Care Will Destroy Small Business Jobs

Fact Sheet: Speaker Pelosi’s Government Takeover of Health Care Will Hurt Seniors

Fact Sheet: Federal Funds Will Be Used to Pay for Abortion Under Speaker Pelosi’s Government Takeover of Health Care

Fact Sheet: GOP Alternative Helps States Reduce Health Care Costs

Click here for the Energy and Commerce Committee Republican summary of H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act.

Click here for a link to the Democrats' bill, H.R. 3962. For a copy of the manager's amendment to H.R. 3962, click here.The Democrats also introduced H.R. 3961, the Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009, which can be found here.

 

 

 

 

U.S. Representative Joe Barton

U.S. Representative Joe L. Barton
Joe Barton was first elected to congress by the people of Texas' Sixth Congressional District in 1984. In 2004, he was selected by his House colleagues to be the chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce...
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