[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26536]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, we are in the final days here 
in the House debating health care reform that will lower costs for 
families and businesses and give people more choice. We are closer than 
ever to delivering what people have been clamoring for: access to 
lifesaving health care.
  And last night we learned a little more about this mythical 
Republican alternative. We learned that the Republicans are going to 
potentially propose some collection of bullet points that deliver the 
status quo for people who have a preexisting condition, for people who 
are under the threat of losing their coverage if they get sick. And for 
the millions of Americans who will not be able to afford health care 
insurance, this Republican plan says sorry, you are out of luck.
  This Republican plan that exists somewhere out in the ether today 
might be good for a fantasy movie, but it is not offering anything for 
those of us that live in the real world. Because here in the real 
world, people get sick and live paycheck by paycheck and can't afford 
the current status quo.
  Let's give people real reform, not fantasy reform that leaves people 
right where they started.

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