[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 25 (Thursday, February 25, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H835]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 CONGRESS IS BEGINNING TO WORK TOGETHER

  (Mr. ALTMIRE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. ALTMIRE. Mr. Speaker, the American people have demanded that 
Congress begin working together to solve this Nation's problems, and we 
have done just that.
  On Monday, our friends across the Capitol, in the other body as we 
say, passed their version of the jobs bill by a vote of 70-28. We, in 
this House, have already passed a different version, and yesterday we 
passed by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 406-19 a long overdue 
elimination of the antitrust exemption that health insurers have 
enjoyed for decades. We hope our friends in the other body will join us 
in a similarly bipartisan vote to send that bill to the President.
  And today a bipartisan group of congressional leaders meets at the 
White House to discuss ways to bring down the cost of health care for 
every family and every business in America. While we're not yet 
finished, and there's clearly much work yet to be done, Congress this 
week has made great strides in moving forward on the issues that are of 
most concern to the American people.

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