August 12, 2009 Manzullo Invites Public to August 19 Health Care Town Meeting in Rockford
Congressman Don Manzullo (R-Egan) is inviting area residents to join him for a town meeting August 19 in Rockford to discuss the health care reform proposals pending before Congress.
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More than 100 residents of northern Illinois attended a town meeting Rep. Manzullo hosted at the Ogle County Farm Bureau in Oregon, IL. During the meeting, Manzullo said a government takeover of health care as proposed would devastate small business owners, put millions more Americans on the unemployment lines, and threaten the private health insurance of 114 million Americans. Unbelievably, Members of Congress exempted themselves from the government health care and even voted down an amendment in committee that would have forced them to abide by any plan they enact.