[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Pages 25789-25790]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. FARR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)

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  Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of a bill that 
obviously some people in this room haven't read. And some people in 
this room don't realize that in order to get results, you have got to 
do the positive. You have to work hard and you have to vote ``yes.'' 
Voting ``no'' doesn't provide any leadership; it just keeps the status 
quo.
  But remember, part of this bill is going to have everybody in America 
have the same kind of insurance that we in Congress have. They don't 
want to admit that. They don't want to give up that insurance. They 
won't say ``no'' to that insurance. They won't say ``no'' to the 
TRICARE insurance that spouses and children of military folks get. 
That's what we are going to open it up to. That is the Medicare rates. 
They won't say ``no'' to Medicare for senior citizens. They just say 
``no'' to the bill that is going to try to solve it for everybody else 
who doesn't have access to health care and can't afford health care and 
has preexisting conditions and can't get health care.
  Also, insurance companies are raising premiums right now, all over 
this country, including the rates that we here in Congress will have to 
pay. And the party of ``no'' has said nothing about that. Read the 
bill. Yes, read the bill.

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