[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Pages 26545-26546]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                   QUALITY HEALTH CARE FOR AMERICANS

  (Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of 
quality, affordable health care for all Americans. And finally we are 
actually going to get it done for the American people.
  For 139 days my friends on the other side of the aisle have promised 
health care reform, and now we think they have a bill but we haven't 
really seen it, and it's not real reform. So let's

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talk about what we're going to do for the American people and not just 
what is wrong and saying ``no.''
  We're going to end discrimination for preexisting medical conditions. 
If you have experienced domestic violence or you've had an underlying 
condition, you will be able to get health care for yourself and your 
family. You won't be able to be dropped because you're sick. You won't 
have copays and deductibles for preventative care. This is what health 
care reform really means for the American people.
  And it's going to be affordable. It will provide credits for folks if 
your income doesn't quite get up there or you work for a small employer 
and the employer can't quite afford health care.
  We want to make sure that all the American people have the ability to 
achieve quality, affordable health care.

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