[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1589]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          HEALTH CARE AND JOBS

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. When we were fighting in the civil rights 
movement, you could always count on the naysayers to stand aside and 
say America could not tolerate the equality of so many new people. Here 
we are today with the same crowd complaining about the good.
  Let me tell you about the Investment Act that has generated 
opportunities for jobs. Before I tell you that, we do have a health 
care plan, one that will provide the largest middle class tax cuts in 
American history for affordable health care, one that will provide you 
with a competitive marketplace to go in and buy your insurance. No 
preexisting condition can ever keep you from health insurance. As far 
as I am concerned, the people in the 18th Congressional District 
understand the good, and they know that health care in this form is 
good for them.
  Then, as we stood with Speaker Pelosi at the Port of Houston on 
Monday and were able to announce $45 million to fix one of the most 
dangerous bridges in the Nation, investment, and to acknowledge 2,000 
jobs and 3,000 extra jobs, the good is on the way.

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