[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 86 (Thursday, June 30, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 30, 1994]
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               UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE FOR WORKING AMERICA

  (Mr. FILNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak in support of health 
care reform.
  As a member of the freshman class, I was sent to Congress by the 
residents of California's 50th Congressional District to make 
significant changes in the way this country is run.
  One of my highest priorities is to deliver the changes that they want 
in the way health care is provided--or in many cases, not provided.
  I represent what is sometimes called a working class district. As we 
all know, the burden of our current health care system is heaviest on 
working Americans. Eighty percent of those who currently have no health 
insurance are working Americans--citizens who get up each day and put 
in an honest day's work, but do not make enough to afford expensive 
health insurance and whose employers do not provide it.
  This is no way to treat working Americans. Universal health care 
coverage must be the immediate goal. We must fight the special 
interests so that we can make the changes and accomplish the job we 
were sent here to do.

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