Member of Congress
Mo Brooks
- Role
- Former Representative
- State
- AL
- Party
- Republican
Speeches
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 20112011-04-07
Mr. BROOKS
Mr. BROOKS. Mr. Speaker, let's remind everybody why we are here. We are here because we are trying to save our Federal Government from unsustainable budget deficits. During the regime of Nancy Pelosi as House Speaker and majority leader over in the Senate, Harry Reid, we have had four consecutive budget deficits that average $1.2 billion a year. Those are unsustainable. They threaten our Federal Government's solvency; we are facing a national bankruptcy. And so what are we trying to do today? We are trying to protect our troops who are in Afghanistan and Iraq so that they don't have to worry about whether their homes are going to be foreclosed on as they're off doing battle and their kids and their wives are at home. We have people from Colony, Alabama, a lady who has two young children, aged 3, twins, and she is fighting on behalf of our country. We have soldiers that I met in Afghanistan and Iraq that are fighting on our behalf. I ask that this House and this Senate do what we should do, and that is protect our troops by funding them adequately and don't leave them in a position where they are not able to take care of their own people at home.
REPEALING THE JOB-KILLING HEALTH CARE LAW ACT2011-01-19
Mr. BROOKS
Mr. BROOKS. Mr. Speaker, Americans enjoy the best health care in the world. Every year, profit motive and American ingenuity create new and better diagnostic tools and treatments. Yes, there are ways to improve America's health care, but President Obama's socialized medicine is not it. For example, we can cut health care costs by implementing tort reform, by forcing health care competition, and by removing illegal aliens from America who get free health care at our cost. Socialized medicine strangles creativity and obstructs life-saving medical advances. It is care rationed by bureaucrats with mind-numbing regulations. Simply stated, socialized medicine pulls all America down to health care mediocrity. Lives and freedom are at stake. We must repeal this job-killing government takeover of America's health care. Today, I will proudly vote to do exactly that.