[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20095]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Ms. McCOLLUM asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, reforming our Nation's health care system 
is an urgent national priority. Ensuring high-quality, affordable, 
access to health care for all Americans is our task here in Congress. 
Yet, opponents of reform are working to kill the bill and to do nothing 
about exploiting health care costs other than help insurance companies 
profit.
  Democrats are working for real reform that empowers patients and 
their doctors to make the right choices for you. Democrats want health 
insurance for all Americans with a focus on saving and in investing and 
prevention for our children. Democrats want to make prescription drugs 
affordable and guarantee that preexisting conditions will be treated 
and not denied by insurance company bean counters. Democrats want a 
system that ensures all patients will receive evidence-based, quality 
care that's the standard.
  My State of Minnesota has proven that high-quality, low-cost health 
care is a possibility here in the United States, and it should be the 
standard for all Americans. The time for action is now. We need to pass 
real health care reform.

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