[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 36 (Friday, March 12, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1362]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH REFORM NOW

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Madam Speaker, we need health care reform now, and 
failure to act is not an option. Doing nothing on health care reform 
doesn't mean that nothing happens. People will continue to lose 
coverage, to pay more in premiums, to be banned for preexisting 
conditions, to have caps on coverage, and other discriminatory 
practices.
  By doing nothing for 8 years, the Republicans essentially endorsed 
these things. It isn't a choice, Madam Speaker, between the reform plan 
we have or nothing. The real option is how everything will continue to 
get worse.

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