[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 41 (Friday, March 19, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1715]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Breaking news; all America needs to listen: 
Health insurers break profit records as 2.7 million Americans lose 
their coverage.
  On Sunday, we will have an opportunity to correct this abominable 
announcement and, as well, to save the lives of 45,000 Americans who, 
in fact, die every year because they do not have insurance.
  Breaking news: Insurance companies with large profits; my friends on 
the other side of the aisle, celebrating and voting against the 
American people.
  The Congressional Budget Office shows that the health care bill we 
will vote on on Sunday will provide coverage for 32 million uninsured 
Americans, cut the deficit by $130 million, cut the deficit by $2 
trillion in the second year--second decade, and eliminate the Medicare 
doughnut hole as well extends the sovereignty of Medicare for many 
years.
  Breaking news: We are standing alongside of the American people, 
saving the lives of 45,000 who die every year. And the other side? 
Standing with the insurance companies.

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