[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 101 (Thursday, July 28, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: July 28, 1994]
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                     HEALTH INSURANCE FOR EVERYONE

  (Ms. ESHOO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, as we consider health care reform, I urge my 
colleagues to remember the 550,000 people we each represent at home. 
That is our job.
  More than 75 percent of our constituents believe it is essential that 
everyone has guaranteed private health insurance.
  They believe we should build on what we now have: a private system 
where employers and employees share the costs and a choice between 
doctors and plans.
  They know insurance reforms must be passed because their coverage is 
dropped if they become sick or if they have something currently wrong 
with them they cannot get insurance at all.
  Some 88,000 of my constituents, including 13,000 children, currently 
have no health insurance. None. And almost every single one of them is 
from a working family.
  It is not fair that hard working families who play by the rules and 
pay their taxes cannot get or afford insurance. It is equally unfair 
that when these uninsured turn to our county hospitals, other taxpayers 
end up picking up the tab.
  I urge my colleagues to step up to home plate and hit a grand slam 
for the middle class. Listen to your people, not the $50 million of 
media fear tactics funded by the special interests.
  Our families and children at home want us to do the right thing for 
them.

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