[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Pages 25779-25780]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, our Republican colleagues continue to amaze 
me with the creativity that they display in finding new ways to say 
``no'' to health care reform.
  First, a few weeks ago, it was Senator John Ensign who said in the 
Finance Committee in the Senate, I am against the public option 
because--get this--it might work; people will like it. He was against 
it because people will like a public option.
  Now, when we find out that the Senate has proposed an opt-out for the 
States, we are hearing from our opponents who say, well, they won't opt 
out, they just won't opt out. I wonder why. Probably because it would 
be effective in providing competition and choice for their 
constituents, for citizens of America who need affordable, secure 
health care.
  That's what our efforts are for. That's what this bill is about. We 
need Republicans to stop saying ``no'' and to say ``yes'' to the health 
care that Americans deserve.

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