[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21099]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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               ADDRESSING HEALTH CARE AND ECONOMIC ISSUES

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, I want to thank the 85 Members of the 
House who signed onto H.R. 676, the bill which John Conyers and I 
authored, which establishes Medicare for all. It's very clear that 
there is only one way that you can control costs and can make it 
possible for people to have the doctor of choice. That legislation, 
H.R. 676, accomplishes that.
  I would like to suggest that the underlying angst that we have seen 
reflected across this country in the last couple of months at townhall 
meetings and in individual confrontations is not simply about health 
care, and we ignore at our peril the underlying economic issues that 
are confronting this country. The fact that there are 15 million 
Americans out of work, the fact that so many people have lost their 
investments, that so many people have lost their pensions is what is 
moving the American people to revolt against their own government.
  So we need to look at this in a broader way, not only to address the 
health care issue but also to address the underlying economic 
questions.

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