[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18503]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      WE NEED TO FOCUS ON SAVING THE COUNTRY'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

  (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, when I was a young boy, a radio station 
went on the air in Louisville, Kentucky, and for the first week of its 
existence played one song over and over. It was called ``Purple People 
Eater.''
  I am reminded of that event today as we've heard speaker after 
speaker from the other side repeat the same tired Republican talking 
points. What we haven't heard is one idea about how to fix our 
dysfunctional health care system which is threatening every business in 
this country, threatening our competitiveness and our long-term 
economic prospects.
  It is time that this Congress and our colleagues from the other side 
focus on saving this country's health care system. We heard one 
gentleman from the other side saying we're facing $38 trillion in 
additional debt in Medicare. We're trying to make sure that that 
doesn't happen.
  I wish our colleagues on the other side would help us in that task.

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