[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 154 (Thursday, October 22, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H11585]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      PRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE FORUM

  (Ms. TITUS asked and was given permission to revise and extend her 
remarks.)
  Ms. TITUS. Mr. Speaker, on Monday night, I held a health care forum 
in my district to hear the thoughts and concerns of my constituents as 
we continue this critical debate on health care reform. There were 
strong feelings on all sides of the issue, but the important thing is 
we were able to come together and have a productive forum on the 
important factors that are central to reforming health care so that we 
can reduce costs, increase access, expand choice, and strengthen--yes, 
strengthen--Medicare.
  I want to thank Temple Ner Tamid for hosting the forum; Mitch Fox for 
moderating with such grace; our panelists, Tom McCoy and Max Richtman; 
and especially the approximately 500 people who cared enough to come 
together and get involved in this discussion.
  As the health care debate continues over the coming weeks, I look 
forward to sharing with my colleagues in the House on both sides of the 
aisle the valuable thoughts and ideas that were discussed at Monday's 
forum.

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