Florida House rejects Federal health care mandates. Thank you, FL House members.

Florida House of Representatives
HOUSE MAJORITY OFFICE
402 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, Florida
32399-1300

Adam Hasner  322 The Capitol
Majority Leader (850) 488-1993

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                            CONTACT: Joseph Agostini
April 22, 2010                                                                                                                      (850) 488-1993

MEASURE PROTECTING FLORIDIANS
FROM INTRUSIVE HEALTH CARE MANDATES CLEARS HOUSE
~Measure protects Floridians’ freedom from Washington mandates, intrusion~

TALLAHASSEE – Today, the Florida House passed a measure intended to send a clear signal to
Washington that Floridians reject intrusive health care mandates.  House Joint Resolution (HJR)
37 sponsored by Representative Scott Plakon (R-Longwood) passed in the Florida House by a
vote of 74 to 42. Representative Plakon, sponsor of the measure, issued the following
statement:

“The government has never required citizens to purchase a product from a private for-profit
company as a condition of lawful residence in the United States.  As elected officials, it is our
duty to protect citizens from Federal and State mandates that strip away the very freedoms our
forefathers risked their lives for.  With this vote, the Florida House has empowered the citizens
of this great State to vote in November and make their voice heard on whether medical
freedom is a fundamental right that must be protected in our State Constitution.  I humbly
thank all of the grassroots supporters and my House colleagues for looking beyond politics by
pursuing public policy that ensures that we remain free souls under God and not property of
the State.”

HJR 37 proposes an amendment to the State Constitution prohibiting the government from
interfering with an individual’s personal health care decisions. The Federal Health Care Reform
legislation recently signed into law by President Obama forces uninsured individuals to
purchase health insurance or face penalties imposed by the IRS.

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