[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 23, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H662]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Ms. McCOLLUM asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. McCOLLUM. This Thursday, something exciting is going to happen 
right down the street, Pennsylvania Avenue. The White House door is 
open. The leadership of both the Senate and the House, Democrat and 
Republican leadership, come together to talk about what Americans want 
to have happen: reform to health care.
  Now, everyone knows that our health care system is failing, and it's 
failing for Democrats and Republicans and Independents and children and 
young and old and for people all across this country. And I'm excited 
that we're going to sit down and try to work things out in a 
compromise, because people need to have access to health care.
  There are some principles that I've heard from the people that I 
represent back home. We must cover as many people as possible with 
affordable coverage. We must do away with discriminatory practices such 
as preexisting conditions and unfair practices such as caps and 
rescission. But most of all, people in Minnesota want a system that 
rewards quality and value. That's the best thing for taxpayers, the 
best thing for patients, and the best thing for America.

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