[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26946]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE CARE

  (Mr. KAGEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KAGEN. Mr. Speaker, we must begin to think differently in America 
and begin to work together to guarantee universal access to affordable 
care for every citizen everywhere in these United States, and, without 
question, to all of our Nation's children on whose future we all 
depend.
  Every day until we vote to override President Bush's morally 
unacceptable veto of the bipartisan State Children's Health Insurance 
Program, I will be here to share with you here in the people's House 
views of ordinary people from Wisconsin, people like Dan from Crivitz, 
who writes, ``We want health care like you have in Congress.'' And 
Stephanie, who says, ``Insurance is number one on my list. My current 
employer can't afford to give us health insurance, and I can't get 
independent coverage. Help, please.''
  I look forward to sharing the views of ordinary people later this 
evening with you. And now more than ever we must work together to 
guarantee access to care for everyone and build a better Nation for all 
of us.

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