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November 3, 2009

GOP Lawmaker: Healthcare Bill Is Greater Threat to US Than Terrorists
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A Republican congresswoman said on the House floor Monday that Americans
have more to fear from the Democrats’ healthcare reform plans than from
terrorists.
Republican Virginia Foxx of North Carolina said she agrees with people
in her district that say they are frightened about what’s going on in
Washington.

Rep. Virginia Foxx: “And I believe that the greatest fear that we all
should have to our freedom comes from this room—this very room—and what
may happen later this week in terms of a tax increase bill masquerading
as a healthcare bill. I believe we have more to fear from the potential
of that bill passing than we do from any terrorist right now in any
country.”

A spokesperson from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
responded to Foxx’s statement by saying, “It is outrageous that a
representative of our nation that was hit by terrorists would have the
gall to claim that Americans reducing their healthcare costs is a
greater threat.”



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