[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16292]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          HEALTH CARE FOR ALL

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, there was much media speculation as to where 
Mr. Steve Jobs had a liver transplant. It came out yesterday that he 
had his liver transplant in Memphis, Tennessee, my home town, at the 
Methodist Hospital, a hospital known for its liver transplant center 
which has the lowest morbidity rate of any transplant center in the 
United States.
  Memphis has been a medical center for years, with St. Jude Children's 
Research Hospital, the finest research hospital for children's 
illnesses, catastrophic illnesses, and cancer; for Southern College of 
Optometry; for LeBonheur Children's Hospital; for Campbell's Clinic for 
orthopedics and other particular medical specialties. We are proud of 
our medical community.
  We are sorry Mr. Jobs had to have a liver transplant, but we are 
happy he came to Memphis and chose the best. But it shouldn't be that 
only the wealthy can come to Memphis and have the best medical care 
available. We need to pass a health care plan that is affordable and 
quality with a public plan to let every American have the opportunity 
to get the best medical attention that is available, and come to 
Memphis and receive it.

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