[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26131]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Madam Speaker, after World War II when our 
parents and, in some cases, our grandparents returned from victory, our 
country stayed to rebuild the countries of our former enemies and our 
friends. Each of these countries, with our help, established a national 
health care plan for their people. Our country did not since huge 
numbers of Americans at that time received health care through their 
employers. That is not true today.
  My Texas district has the highest number of uninsured adults under 65 
in the country. We need a national health care plan for all Americans. 
If you have Medicare or employer-based insurance, that's great.
  Next week, let's do what we did after World War II for our enemies 
and our friends. Let's provide national health care for all Americans.

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