[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21500]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  HEALTH CARE REFORM FOR ALL AMERICANS

  (Mr. SABLAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, in his recent speech to the House and 
Senate, President Obama stated that leaving Americans without health 
insurance is wrong and ``should not happen in the United States of 
America.''
  I could not agree more strongly with our President. When it is 
accessible and affordable, health care ensures high quality of life, 
helps families, and saves life.
  In my home, the Northern Mariana Islands, our health care system is 
sorely in need of improvement. But the current health care bills being 
debated in the House and Senate exclude the U.S. territories from the 
exchange and affordability credits, denying the men, women, and 
children living there the benefits their fellow citizens will enjoy.
  Mr. Speaker, to quote our President, this is wrong, and it should not 
happen in the United States of America.
  I ask for the support of my colleagues in bringing health care reform 
to all Americans, including those in the territories.

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