[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3528]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Ms. WATSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. WATSON. Madam Speaker, I come here to let you know my mother 
turned 100 on January 4 after she had a broken hip, and 2 days before 
Christmas another broken hip, and last night she broke her femur. And 
just a few minutes ago, they called me to say she was in need of a 
blood transfusion.
  I want you to know the only way we kept the mother of four who put 
all of us through college is because of Medicare and our insurances.
  Madam Speaker, let us not let Americans die unnecessarily. This 
women's sister--my mother's sister--lived to 106, and I will do 
everything in my power to be sure that other Americans can benefit from 
the kind of health care reform we're proposing today.

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