[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1470]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. TOWNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TOWNS. Madam Speaker, I have been listening to the speeches that 
have been made on the floor: Tell them to wait and start over. Well, 
you know, it's nice to say wait and start over when you have insurance, 
but think about the 46 million people that are walking the streets of 
the United States of America with no insurance, but you are telling 
them to wait. And then of course you talk about people that are locked 
into jobs and working on those jobs because of the fact that the only 
reason they stay there is because they are able to get health 
insurance, and you're telling them to wait?
  And then we talk about people that have preexisting conditions that 
can't get health care, and you're telling them to wait?
  You know, I cannot believe that we're sitting here in the United 
States House of Representatives when we can do something about a 
problem that has existed for many, many years, and we are still telling 
people to wait. I don't think that you can afford the luxury of waiting 
when you do not have insurance.
  Think about how many people will die today because of the fact they 
do not have health insurance.

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