[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23344]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, everyone here knows that we have spent the 
past several months working to craft legislation that will bring much-
needed health insurance reform to the American people. Costs and 
premiums are spiraling out of control, and more and more families, 
working families, are being priced out of health insurance.
  While Democrats have debated the best way to produce a reform package 
that will cut costs and ensure quality and affordability, our 
colleagues across the aisle have been playing hooky with their 
responsibilities to the American public.
  It has been over 100 days now since Congressman Blunt told us his 
party would be offering an alternative health reform bill. We've heard 
nothing yet. Representative Cantor recently suggested to a constituent 
that she find ``charity care'' for an unemployed family member in need 
of surgery. Find a charity? Is that the full extent of Republican 
health care reform?
  So I ask again, where is the GOP plan for health insurance reform? Or 
is it just to maintain the status quo?

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