[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27127]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the Speaker of the House cares 
about all Americans. She cares about all Americans because we have 
worked together as a team. It's not the Pelosi bill; it's the bill that 
responds to America's needs. And I'm proud of our Speaker and this 
Congress and those who will make the right decision tomorrow.
  I imagine if you were here in 1965 when President Johnson had the 
vision and the wisdom to formulate the strategy for Medicare in 
collaboration with that Congress, you could hear the sound, echoing 
sound of the naysayers, ``no, no, no.'' But in none of our town hall 
meetings did one person stand up and say, ``I'll give away our 
Medicare.''
  So tomorrow we will give seniors what they know and understand: 
saving a buck, closing the doughnut hole, providing no pay for 
preventative coverage, helping low-cost seniors. And one of the things 
that we will do is those States, like the State of Texas, who don't do 
their job as it relates to providing for the uninsured, because Texas 
stands at the number one State of uninsured and Houston is the number 
one city, we have got to fix it for those people who are in need.
  Vote the right way tomorrow.

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