[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 4781-4782]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              TEXANS WILL BENEFIT FROM HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (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, as we reflect on the last 24 
hours of the passage of this historic health care bill, more and more 
constituents are calling in recognizing that some aspect of this bill 
impacts

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them in a positive light. I said one time before that when we did the 
Medicare bill in 1965, that bill was the start of revising and 
refinement of that legislation.
  I am glad today that we can say 45 million Americans have lived 
because of Medicare, and my mother, Ivalita Jackson, who I mentioned 
during the debate, lives because of the Medicare support system. That 
is why I am so disappointed that Greg Abbott, attorney general from the 
State of Texas, the State with the most uninsured persons, decided to 
file such a lawsuit that has no bearing in the Constitution and cannot 
make any point that this bill will not help Texas and save millions of 
dollars.
  In addition, there are thousands of veterans that are not in TRICARE 
who will benefit from this health care system. We will fight that 
lawsuit because it is against the people of Texas.

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