[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1448]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland. Madam Speaker, just when we thought we had 
heard enough, seen enough, and paid enough, the big insurance companies 
are at it again. Seniors are paying more for prescriptions, home values 
plummet, savings and retirement accounts disappear, and millions lose 
homes, jobs, and their health care. But that didn't stop the big health 
insurance companies from announcing premium increases of nearly 40 
percent.
  Look, Madam Speaker, these companies have some impudence. They have 
to be stopped. Deny, deny, deny. They deny coverage. They deny claims. 
They deny care. And last week the CEOs came to Washington. It is not 
enough that we have to dodge their lobbyists in the Halls of Congress, 
but they came to town, staying at the Ritz on your premium dollars, and 
now they want to deny the American people quality, affordable, and 
accessible health care.
  They know we are in the home stretch, and they won't stop at 
anything. They will stop at nothing to keep us from clamping down on 
their practices. But we are going to stop them. Let's deny them. Let's 
vote them off the island. I am ready to do it.

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