[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23544]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   ESTABLISHING UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE FOR EVERY 
                                CITIZEN

  (Mr. KAGEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KAGEN. Madam Speaker, how many ears must we have before we can 
hear people cry?
  Last week, the Census Bureau informed us that more Americans than 
ever before in our Nation's history are going without access to health 
care; 46 million, 46 million citizens have no health care coverage. But 
this national nightmare is measured best not in numbers, but in human 
lives. Families across Wisconsin are going bankrupt because they can't 
afford their medical bills. Teenagers across the country will go blind 
because they do not have access to the care they need for their 
diabetes.
  Congress doesn't need a census report to feel people's pain. And as 
Members of Congress, we must not wait for yet another census report 
before we act. It is our duty and our moral responsibility to act now.
  People in Wisconsin and everywhere else in America demand we 
establish universal access to affordable care for every citizen, and 
working together, we will.

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