[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16493]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE OPTION

  (Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut. Madam Speaker, I hope today we are going 
to pass a transformational climate bill that will not only grow jobs in 
this country but will make us truly energy independent.
  And when we get back from our break, it is time to turn our attention 
to health care. There is a lot of controversy around these issues, but 
out in the American public, there is no controversy over their desire 
to see a public insurance option be part of health care reform: 69 
percent support in a recent Kaiser Foundation poll; 72 percent in a 
CBS/New York Times poll; 76 percent by NBC and Wall Street Journal. And 
it is nonpartisan: 50 percent of Republicans support it, over 80 
percent of Democrats.
  There might be a lot of controversy on the issue of energy or health 
care, but on the issue of whether or not Americans want a public option 
on their table as part of health care reform, the jury has decided.

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