[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19558]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT, DOLLARS AND CENTS OR LIFE?

  (Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, there are some Republicans and 
some Blue Dog Democrats who care more about protecting the profits of 
insurance companies than they do about bringing health care reform to 
the Nation. Health care premiums have doubled in 9 years and are 
growing at three times the rate of wages. Meanwhile, 46 million people 
remain uninsured, and they can't see a doctor to take care of their 
chronic condition like breast cancer, like diabetes. So what's more 
important? Dollars and cents or life? I am pro-life, and that's why I 
support health care reform.

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