[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 44 (Monday, March 22, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H2177]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         IT'S TIME TO CHILL OUT

  (Mr. FILNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. FILNER. My colleagues, it's time to chill out. It's time to chill 
out. Government takeover of the health care system? Let it go.
  The private insurance companies are still in charge. Your private 
doctor is still in charge. You have the choice of where you want to go, 
what hospital you want to go to. All we are saying--and I am going to 
say it to my district. I have got 150,000 constituents who don't have 
health insurance, and 135,000 of them are going to have health 
insurance after this bill passes. They don't care what your rhetoric is 
and your fear is. They're going to have health insurance for the first 
time maybe in their lives.
  Kids who are in college will be able to stay on their parents' health 
insurance. We're going to put some brakes on the health companies' 
ability to cut you off for preexisting conditions or just cut you off 
if it costs too much.
  It's time to chill out, Republicans. Let this bill work. Let our 
constituents finally get health care.

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