[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 21, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H423]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      EQUAL ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. MASSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. MASSA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to quiet a voice, to complete a 
commitment that I made to the 640,000 voters who sent me here.
  Ten years ago this month, I completed a course of chemotherapy that 
saved my life under some of the best and most expert medical care 
available in the world.
  I believe passionately and I believe strongly and I believe to the 
core of my soul that all Americans should have access to the same 
medical care that I had access to 10 years ago. And so today I stand to 
complete a promise and a commitment: I will personally, with malice 
towards none and negativity towards none, won't accept the Federal and 
congressional health care benefits policy until such time that all 
Americans have access to the same medical care that all of us in this 
exalted and honored Chamber have access to. It is not a pejorative, it 
is a one-person commitment to try to change the system we have today. 
And I will not rest until all Americans have access to quality health 
care.

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