[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 42 (Saturday, March 20, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1749]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. CAO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CAO. Madam Speaker, I understand that we need health care reform. 
I have a younger brother who has a kidney disease that put him on 
dialysis at the young age of 30 and forced him to have a kidney 
transplant. I have a father who is also on dialysis and struggling to 
survive. I have a younger sister who has been fighting lupus for over a 
decade. I also saw how my sister struggled and fought the insurance 
companies for coverage.
  I understand the crushing costs of health care. I understand that we 
have to fight the insurance companies. But I also understand that 
abortion is wrong. Last week, I called my brother and apologized to him 
and told him that I cannot support the Senate health care bill. He told 
me that he understands, and I thank him for it.
  Tomorrow will be a sad day for me as I cast a ``no'' vote against 
something I believe we need to prevent: The expansion of abortion, an 
absolute moral evil.

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