[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 405]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    FREEDOMS AND HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. PERLMUTTER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, we are here today to again debate the 
repeal of the health care legislation passed last year. Democrats 
provided in that bill various freedoms: Freedom from discrimination for 
preexisting conditions, freedom from cancellation because you get sick, 
freedom to move from job to job without losing your insurance. Those 
freedoms are part of the legislation of America today. They are all 
based on the equal protection laws of the 14th Amendment.
  The Republicans, in a very radical and extreme move, want to have 
Americans forfeit these freedoms. We can't have that done. This is 
about saving money, $230 billion. Republicans talk about saving money. 
But they are prepared to repeal an act that saves America $230 billion.
  We want to make sure that we have manufacturing in this country, we 
make it in America. We're not competitive with the rest of the world. 
We can't allow this repeal to take place. I urge a ``no'' vote.

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