[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1461]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. LoBIONDO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. LoBIONDO. Madam Speaker, we are all asking ourselves, What do the 
American people want to see from us with health care? They want to see 
health care more affordable, more accessible.
  There are ways to do that in a bipartisan manner that we can agree 
on: buying health care across State lines, eliminating defensive 
medicine practices, preexisting conditions. Why aren't we doing it? 
That is the question America is asking. That is why America is upset.
  My colleagues are asking us, me, whose side are we on? Unabashedly, 
on the side of my constituents, on the side of my health care 
providers, my doctors on Main Street, my hospitals on Main Street, my 
nurses on Main Street, who are the front line in providing health care, 
who don't want any part of this monstrosity, for a good reason. They 
and our constituents understand this is not the right way for America 
to go.

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