[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[House]
[Pages 21628-21629]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     LISTEN TO WHAT REAL AMERICANS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT HEALTH REFORM

  (Mr. REHBERG asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. REHBERG. Mr. Speaker, after 16 listening sessions over August, I 
heard from thousands of Montanans about health care reform.
  Today, I am here to report that away from the influence of powerful 
special interests and the spin of political operatives, this debate is 
very different. That's why it's so important to get out of Washington 
in order to hear Americans, our bosses, what they think.
  We haven't yet seen a final bill in either the House or the Senate. 
Once we get a final bill, but before we vote on it, Congress should 
adjourn this body for 30 days, not for more vacation. Far from it, we 
need those days to return home to listen to what real Americans have to 
say about the new bill. Then we can vote.
  Our children and grandchildren won't remember how fast we reformed 
health

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care. They will remember how well we fixed it.

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