[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 41 (Friday, March 19, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1660]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. SCHAUER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SCHAUER. No one knows more than me the misleading information and 
outright lies presented by the health insurance industry to confuse the 
American people. They have spent over $300,000 in slick TV ads in my 
district to do it.
  Here's why on Sunday we must pass health care reform. To do nothing, 
to fail, will guarantee double-digit health insurance premium increases 
for middle class families and small businesses. I'm on the side of the 
people, not the powerful insurance companies.
  In my district, this new law will enhance the insurance company 
coverage of over 400,000 people; extend coverage to over 30,000 
uninsured people; improve Medicare for 109,000 beneficiaries, including 
closing the doughnut hole; give tax credits and assistance to up to 
167,000 families and 12,000 small businesses to afford coverage. And 
get this, it will reduce the Federal budget deficit by $138 billion in 
the first 10 years and $1.2 trillion over the next 10 years.
  It's time to put the American people first.

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