[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25795]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mrs. CHRISTENSEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CHRISTENSEN. Mr. Speaker, I am sick and tired of all of the 
lines in the sand on health care reform. This is something that we have 
to do, something we cannot afford not to do. To quote Fannie Lou Hamer, 
on behalf of African Americans and all who are un- and underinsured, 
``We are sick and tired of being sick and tired.''
  This Congress has an obligation to end this, and those who continue 
to misrepresent the facts need to stop. The bills being put together 
will end insurance discrimination and the dropping of coverage when one 
needs it most. We will provide a public plan for those who choose to 
use it, and, if we do it right, we will reduce the high cost of 
insurance and will end those insurance horror stories.
  With our bill, we will ensure security for our seniors, affordability 
for the middle class, access to quality health care for the poor and 
our responsibility to our children. We can do this without adding to 
the deficit.
  So I think everyone needs to get up off of that hard line and come 
together around the most important thing we can do in our time here--
give every American the possibility of health, wellness, and a decent 
quality of life.

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