[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1450]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. LEWIS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Madam Speaker, the time is always right to do 
what is right, and that time is now. The spirit of history is upon us. 
We must pass health care.
  There are those who have told us to wait. They have told us to be 
patient. We cannot wait. We cannot be patient. The American people need 
health care, and they need it now.
  Will we stand with the American people or will we stand with the big 
insurance companies? We have a moral obligation to make health care a 
right and not a privilege.
  We cannot wait a moment longer. We must pass health care, and we must 
pass it now.

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