Robin Smith Statement on House Healthcare Vote

HIXSON, MARCH 21 – Third District Congressional Candidate Robin Smith issued the following statement on the passage of the Obama/Pelosi health care reform bill in the House of Representatives:

“I condemn both the process and the result of today’s action on health care. Few Americans would ever believe their government would take action to seize 1/6 of our nation’s economy, let alone do so by cutting backroom deals with money directed into districts as payoffs for votes.  In corporate America, it would be called bribery and extortion.  In Washington, it's called business-as-usual for the Pelosi-led Congress.  America deserves and wants better.

In their fanatical drive to tighten their grip on our freedoms, Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama have sentenced our people to rationed care, taxpayer funding of abortions, cuts in benefits to our seniors, higher taxes and turned their back on the legacy of liberty this nation represents.

Throughout the summer of 2009 and into this year, Americans protested, pleaded, turned out in town halls, voted democrats out of office and made their message clear: stop this. Each time, Speaker Pelosi waved her hand, dismissed the concerns of the American people and forced this abomination on an unwilling public. There are few moments in this history of this republic where the people and their government are so starkly at odds. The arrogance on display during this process should be troubling for all Americans.