[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5] [House] [Page 6380] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]{time} 1215 THE DEBATE OVER HEALTH CARE REFORM IS ALIVE AND WELL (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, while some may believe that the debate over health care is behind us, the report that we received last week, which stated very clearly that this administration had determined that we would see a $311 billion increase--increase--in health care costs over the next decade, was completely counter to what we and the American people were promised. We were promised that there would, in fact, be savings. So I think that, with this report, it is very clear that the debate continues to be alive and well. Mr. Speaker, we need to take a step-by-step approach, ensuring that people can have access to insurance products across State lines and ensuring that meaningful lawsuit abuse reform takes place. Small businesses should be able to come together to buy at lower rates. We should have pooling to deal with preexisting conditions, and we should expand medical savings accounts. Those five things, Mr. Speaker, will go a long way towards decreasing costs to ensure that every American will have access to quality, affordable health insurance. ____________________