Last week in Washington, I tried to prevent Speaker Pelosi from adding another $210 billion to the deficit in her march toward socialized health care in America.

The House passed legislation that was in her original health care bill but was removed and considered on its own to disguise the real cost of her health care plan.

This represents more of the same budget gimmicks Washington uses to deceive the American people about the true costs of legislation.

Here are a few of the other budget and savings gimmicks in the original government takeover bill:

.The legislation's $104 billion in deficit reduction projected over the next 10 years is achieved mainly through timing gimmicks and $72 billion in savings from extraneous provisions.

.The government-run plan does not start until 2013, leaving much of its federal spending hidden from the 10-year budget window.

.Less than 1 percent of the bill's $1.05 trillion is spent in the first three years after the program starts, further masking the deficit impact.

Pelosi promises her bill will lower health-care costs, but a new report by the Obama Administration found the Pelosi bill actually increases healthcare costs by $289 billion over the next decade.

All of this is on top of massive new spending, taxes and debt.

Earlier this month, I introduced H.R.3964, the Spending, Deficit, and Debt Control Act of 2009, a bill that would put an end to the budget gimmicks, smoke and mirrors that Congress uses to hide the true cost of their government takeover of your health care.

We face an uphill battle, but we are dedicated to protecting the family budget from the explosive growth of the federal budget.

Republican U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling serves the 5th District of Texas.