[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Pages 25791-25792]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. LUJAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LUJAN. Mr. Speaker, our constituents have asked us to put them 
first, not say no and support the status quo. I ask my colleagues from 
the other side, from both sides, to listen to them and help them.
  I have a constituent who has had health problems since she was 21, 
who has spent her life shackled by high co-pays, inaccessible 
insurance, and little care, and is asking us to help her. She has 
endured through two bankruptcies and many undertreated health problems 
that cause her pain every day.
  Another constituent is facing increases of 20 percent each year in 
premiums for her business. Each year, these insurance costs are 
skyrocketing, and neither she nor her employees can afford them.
  Throughout the country, the American people are asking us to help, 
but we keep hearing ``no''--``no'' to those with illnesses and ``no'' 
to those who struggle with the high cost of health care.

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  Let us do what's right. Let's come together. Let's have the courage 
to say yes for the American people.

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