[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25785]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. SARBANES asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SARBANES. Hang on, America. Help is on the way.
  Mr. Speaker, a bill that will create insurance coverage for millions 
of people who have no insurance coverage now is on the way. A bill that 
will provide better coverage for those who are underinsured and that 
will deal with preexisting condition exclusions from coverage 
provisions is on the way. A bill that will strengthen Medicare is on 
the way. A bill that will improve our delivery system is on the way. A 
bill that will strengthen the health care workforce is on the way.
  That is what is coming. The simple proposition we need to test here 
and what Americans want to know is, when it comes to the insurance 
industry, are we going to go on living in their world and playing by 
their rules or are they going to start living in our world and playing 
by our rules? That's the question here.
  The bill we're putting forward is finally going to make the insurance 
industry adhere to good practices. That's why we're going to pass this 
bill. We're going to do it for the citizens of this country.

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