[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26537]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. McDERMOTT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, Prime Minister Angela Merkel was in this 
Hall just a few hours ago. She represents a country where they have had 
health care security for 126 years. Americans have been waiting for 100 
years; and when the Republicans took over the last time, they knocked 
out Mrs. Clinton's plan and they bragged about it. And for 12 years, 
they made not one single proposal that they would bring to the floor 
for a vote. They want the status quo. They like what is going on. And 
if folks back home like what is going on, stick with them, because they 
are never going to change anything.
  What they say about this is, Not so fast. One hundred years is too 
fast? Well, they say, But we have something we're just about to bring 
out here on Thursday. Not so fast, right. Wait until the last minute 
after all of the debate, and then say, Not so fast. The American people 
want it done now.

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