[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18041]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




SUPPORTIVE OF THE IDEAS CONTAINED IN THE HEALTH CARE REFORM LEGISLATION

  (Mr. KAGEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KAGEN. Madam Speaker, I rise this morning to strongly support the 
ideas contained within our health care reform legislation.
  The idea is very simple. It's about equality. It's about no 
discrimination against any citizen due to preexisting medical 
conditions. And isn't it about time? You know, it was a little over 50 
years ago that this Congress in a bipartisan way guaranteed the 
equality at the lunch counter; and now working together we're going to 
guarantee that every citizen has equality at the pharmacy counter, at 
the physician's office, and at the hospitals that they need to go to to 
guarantee the health that they require just to survive.
  This is our time in Congress to work together to fashion a health 
care system that works for everybody, not just those who were chosen at 
the top of the feeding chain.
  I stand in support of health care reform that is meaningful, that 
guarantees no discrimination against any citizen anywhere in this land.

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