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G. K. Butterfield: medicare he we should be -- in medicare, we should be saving medicare. i reject this bill. even if this bill passes today doesn't go further than this, i hope we can work together oto do the things we really -- together to do the things we really need to do to reform the system. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. waxman: mr. speaker, at

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G. K. Butterfield: this time i yield one minute to the gentleman from the state of north carolina, important member of our committee, mr. butterfield. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. butterfield: i thank the gentleman for yielding the time. mr. speaker, later today we will have an opportunity to fix a broken health care system. i have listened to both sides of this debate.

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G. K. Butterfield: rhetorics surrounding this debate. the bill strengthens medicare. reject the false rhetoric about government-run health care. the bill provides healthy and needed competition. reject the rhetoric that this will increase the debt. we should not delay any longer. i ask my colleagues to vote yes on this legislation.