[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25784]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, the news from the Senate that they will 
include a public option in the health reform bill is encouraging, as we 
in the House prepare to vote on comprehensive reform. It is also 
precisely what the majority of Americans want. They want true 
competition in the health insurance market, and only the public option 
can do that. If the current insurance market had wanted to provide 
equitable and affordable health coverage for Americans, we wouldn't 
have 47 million uninsured people.
  These are our constituents, our neighbors, even our family members. 
It's the young mother who called me to tell me that her daughter, born 
with spina bifida, was being denied a lifesaving surgery. I urge my 
colleagues to join me in welcoming the news from the Senate. Let's pass 
real health reform now.

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