[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 39 (Wednesday, March 17, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H1523-H1524]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, it's March. That means March madness. 
Normally it means hoops and basketball, but, no,

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in this United States Congress it means more and more false statements 
made about health care. The other side of the aisle continues in March 
madness, talking about socialism, comparing our system to England and 
Canada. Nothing like it at all. What our system proposes is subsidizing 
people who don't have health care and small businesses to make sure 
they get health care and can live truly: life, health, liberty, and the 
pursuit of happiness.
  They talk about abortion. It doesn't change the Hyde amendment, which 
has been on the books forever. They talk about procedure, procedure 
they used. They talk about creeping socialism. There is nothing about 
socialism. The fact is this country is the last industrialized country 
in the world to provide health care for its citizens. It's the right 
thing to do. We will be proud of this Congress when we pass it. I wish 
it was bipartisan.

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