[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6391]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        STANDING FOR HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. AL GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I was there when the President 
signed the health care bill into law. I saw him sign it in ink, but my 
heart was heavy because I knew that while he was signing in ink, it was 
written in prayers, the prayers of some 46 million people who did not 
have insurance. Signed in ink, written in prayers, but also written in 
tears, the tears of parents who have children with preexisting 
conditions who could not get insurance for their children. Signed in 
ink, written in prayers, tears, as well as blood, because in this 
country 45,000 people die annually because they do not have insurance. 
That's one person every 12 minutes.
  So I do not stand for and will not stand for reinstating tears, for 
reinstating those prayers, and I will not have the blood of the 45,000 
on my hands. I stand with the bill.

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