[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20395]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. McGOVERN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, as we debate health care reform 
legislation, my Republican friends say things are fine just the way 
they are. ``Take two tax breaks and call me in the morning,'' is their 
prescription. This in spite of the fact that premiums have doubled in 9 
years, growing three times faster than wages; this in spite of the fact 
that the average American family already pays an extra $1,100 a year in 
premiums to support a broken system; this in spite of the fact that 46 
million Americans are uninsured.
  When my Republican friends say that the American people don't deserve 
health reform, my response is: Are you kidding?

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