[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 135 (Thursday, October 7, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H9517]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   HEALTH CARE AND MISS NANNIE LACKEY

  (Mr. FLETCHER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. FLETCHER. Madam Speaker, as I was walking to work this morning 
and reflecting on the day's very important vote to ensure real patient 
protection, I was reminded of Miss Nannie Lackey and her 100th 
birthday.
  As I got closer to the Capitol and the Longworth Building, I thought 
how rich her life was in health, friendship, love, and faith. See, Miss 
Lackey has voted in every election since women were first given the 
right to vote. She takes voting very seriously, and she hopes all of us 
will take equally seriously the votes we cast today.
  So I would ask that my colleagues take a few minutes to reflect on 
the importance of providing the best health care possible in our next 
century.
  I hope my colleagues will see, as I do, that increasing the cost and 
number of uninsured is not the answer to real health care reform, nor 
is it real patient protection.
  I ask that my colleagues join me in supporting positive health care 
reform and support the Coburn-Shadegg coalition substitute.

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