[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19561]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            TIME TO MOVE NOW

  (Ms. RICHARDSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. RICHARDSON. The American people know something for sure, and that 
is premiums have doubled over the last 9 years growing three times 
faster than what we've seen in wages. The American families know that 
they're spending more than $1,000 a month than what they have had to do 
in the past.
  So let's talk about what really the American solution is. It's having 
lower costs for consumers to no longer have copays or deductibles for 
preventative care, to have an annual cap to end that cap on out-of-
pocket expenses, to end the rate of increases for preexisting 
conditions and, of course, looking at group rates.
  We're ready for action. We've had six decades of discussions; we've 
had 45 hours of bipartisan debate, and 79 House hearings. It's time and 
it's time to move now.

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