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




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. PERLMUTTER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, the mantra of our Republican colleagues 
here in the House is ``Just say `no.' We like the status quo.''
  Well, that was their mantra when it came to the Recovery Act, which 
has now helped improve the stock market. Housing starts are up, and, in 
Colorado, unemployment is down from 7.8 percent in July to 7 percent 
today. The trend is right.
  In Colorado, we have some 42 projects, transportation projects, as a 
result of the Recovery Act. We have increases in energy. We have wind 
companies coming. We have solar companies coming to Colorado. It has 
been a success, to their chagrin.
  Now we hear ``Just say `no.' We like the status quo'' when it comes 
to health care. This country can't stand the status quo when it comes 
to health care. Premiums are up, deductibles are up, discrimination 
exists against people with prior illnesses. That's got to change.
  We are going to vote ``yes'' and stop this inequity in health care.

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