[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 154 (Tuesday, November 30, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H7650-H7651]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       FIVE NEW AMERICAN FREEDOMS

  (Mr. KAGEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KAGEN. Madam Speaker, earlier this morning I joined my 
congressional staff on a tour of our Capitol. What a wonderful place 
this is. And if there's any lesson we should learn from our Capitol, 
from our Nation's history, it is that our freedom is ours for only as 
long as we can hang onto it. It wasn't that long ago that the Democrats 
led Americans into five new essential American freedoms.
  We are now free from discrimination due to any preexisting medical 
condition. We're free from cancellation by any insurance corporation 
just because you get sick. We're free from going broke just because a 
child has an accident or becomes seriously ill. We're

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free to choose our own doctor. And we're free to go to the closest 
emergency room.
  These five new essential American freedoms will be yours for only as 
long as you can hang onto them. We as Democrats fought very hard to 
secure them. We're going to work very hard with everyone in this 
country to hold onto these newfound freedoms. Your freedoms are yours 
for only as long as you can hang onto them.

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