[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18478]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      SUPPORT THE HEALTH CARE PLAN

  (Mr. BACA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BACA. America's health system is not working. We cannot stay with 
the failing system that we now have. What good is an insurance card if 
there's no real access to services? What good is the current system if 
I have a senior under Medicare, like in my district, scared that their 
doctors won't see them any more?
  We also need a health care reform that gets past the politics and 
past the rhetoric that every single person is covered.
  I stand here to advocate for those without a voice, for those who 
cannot afford to travel to Washington, D.C. I stand here to advocate 
for a viable public option to compete with the private sector.
  I stand here to advocate for American families. And I stand for the 
American families who are busting at the seams, trying to make ends 
meet, and hoping one day they won't get sick.
  I urge my colleagues to advocate for all American families and pass 
health care reform that is needed for all American people in this 
country.

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