[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 24, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H2266]
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. Madam Speaker, it has been interesting listening to the 
other side of the aisle talk today. One gentleman got up and talked 
about the health care bill in a cold and calculating fashion that made 
me think that he wanted the trains to run on time. Never did he 
consider the fact that the Congressional Budget Office said that this 
is the largest deficit-reducing bill in the history of the United 
States, over a trillion dollars in the second 10 years, and $123 
billion in the first 10 years.
  Another said it is patient centered, patient centered. It sounds 
nice, Madam Speaker. What that means is that if the patient has money 
now, they can get health care; and if the patient doesn't, they don't 
get health care. And if you don't get health care and you don't get 
wellness programs and you don't get prevention programs, you die. You 
don't get mammograms and you don't get colonoscopies. You don't find 
out if you have cancer, and you die. Patient centered, very cold and 
calculating.
  They say we need to fix this bill. They never explained what part of 
the bill they liked. They were against it all. Daniel Webster said to 
do something worthy to be remembered. What the other side did was say 
you lie, baby killer, and encourage outsiders that almost brought about 
civil unrest.

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