[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 20, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H196]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       AMERICANS WANT REAL CHANGE

  (Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DeFAZIO. It's clear from the results last evening that the voters 
are angry. They haven't seen the change in direction that they thought 
they voted for 1 year ago in November.
  Now, some Republicans will see it as an endorsement to turn back to 
the failed policies of the Bush years that put us in this mess. That 
wasn't the message. But the message is they want real change. They want 
the reform of Wall Street. They're tired of business as usual where the 
fat cats make out and the taxpayers get the bill. They want to see real 
reform in health care, take on the insurance industry, take on the 
pharmaceutical industry.
  The Obama administration kicked off health care reform with a deal 
with the pharmaceutical industry. Now, that is not the kind of reform 
the American people want to see.
  We need to step back and put forward a package of real reform. Take 
away the antitrust exemption of the health insurance industry; lower 
the cost of health care for all Americans; make the policies better; 
take on the pharmaceutical industry; allow people to reimport drugs 
from Canada that are exactly the same as the drugs sold here at a 
fraction of the cost. Those are the kinds of concrete steps people want 
to see.

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