[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27182]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. INSLEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. INSLEE. Mr. Speaker, health care is not a frivolity or a 
recreation; it is life itself. To a woman with early-onset breast 
cancer, health care is life itself. To a child with juvenile-onset 
diabetes, health care is life itself.
  It is well that we reflect how we founded this Union. We believe that 
all men are endowed with certain unalienable rights, and among those 
are the right to life--life--liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
  We pass health care to honor life not just on parchment, but in 
practice. We pass health care because we cherish the lives of all 
Americans, not just our own. This is an American step in progress. It 
is an American right to life.

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