[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 24312]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



      DO NOT LET AMERICA DOWN; VOTE FOR NORWOOD-DINGELL SUBSTITUTE

  (Ms. KILPATRICK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. KILPATRICK. Madam Speaker, today is the most important day in the 
life of this House of Representatives. Will the people of America be 
able to have quality health care or not? Will the people of America 
have the opportunity to have their doctors determine their health care, 
their length of stay, their type of procedure; or will they turn it 
over to the bureaucrats, the accountant whose main purpose is to watch 
the bottom line.
  Madam Speaker, let us not take this lightly. Besides quality 
education, besides environment that is clean and safe, and decent 
housing, health care is the number one priority of American citizens. 
Let us not let them down. Vote for the Norwood-Dingell bill today, the 
most effective of all the proposals.

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