[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27183]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        HEALTH CARE FOR AMERICA

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, today is indeed an historic day. As the 
plaque over the Speaker's rostrum says, In our time and our generation, 
we should do something worthy to be remembered. Those were Daniel 
Webster's words, a man who served in this House.
  We can fulfill the destiny of other people who have served with us in 
the Federal Government, from Teddy Roosevelt to Franklin Roosevelt to 
Harry Truman to Hubert Humphrey and to the recently late Senator Ted 
Kennedy. This is an important date for America when we bring us into 
the 21st century. We should have been here 50 or 60 years ago.
  It is wrong that our country has an infant mortality rate equal to 
third-world nations. This bill will set out a newborn program that will 
try to rectify that. It will see that private practice doctors go into 
the inner cities, with general practitioners having an incentive to go 
there. With community health centers in the inner cities and wellness 
and prevention programs not having a deductible, it will bring America 
into the 21st century.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to be a Member of the United States Congress, 
and never prouder than this weekend.

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