[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21100]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      THE PRESIDENT FOR ALL AMERICANS AND HEALTH COVERAGE FOR ALL

  (Mr. ENGEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ENGEL. Madam Speaker, I would like to commend my colleague who 
just spoke before me because I think he hit the nail right on the head.
  President Obama spoke to schoolchildren today. I listened to it. It 
was very moving. It was very good to see the President of the United 
States talk directly to America's youth, and it was disgraceful to see, 
during the past week, parents, some teachers and some schools saying 
that they weren't going to allow their children to listen to the 
President of the United States. What a sad day it is when people can 
talk that way.
  The President of the United States is to be respected by all. He is 
all of our President, not just the President for the people who voted 
for him. I voted for him, and I'm proud that I did, but he is 
everybody's President; he is every Americans' President.
  I believe that tomorrow, as he did today with schoolchildren, the 
President will make a very, very good speech on health care--
highlighting health care, why we need health care reform, why it's 
important to have it. There are 40 million Americans who have no health 
insurance coverage whatsoever--47 million--and it will soon be 60 and 
70 million. That's why we need health coverage, and I welcome the 
President's speech tomorrow.

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