I happen to believe that health care is an imminent crisis. It is.

And this administration and this House leadership have said, quote-unquote, they will stop at nothing to pass this health care bill. And now they've gotten rid of me and it will pass. You connect the dots.

I am leaving because I have to fight simultaneously a potential recurrence of cancer the Democratic leadership, a health care bill that's going to destroy this country, my opposition to it and a belief that my party has become what it became - what it campaigned against.

I don't believe we have defined health care reform very well in this country.

My background is in health care.

America's health care system is in crisis precisely because we systematically neglect wellness and prevention.