[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10963]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                           HEALTH CARE REPEAL

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Madam Speaker, last week I visited with seniors who 
live at Wilfred Manor in Central Falls, Rhode Island. They asked me to 
deliver a message when I returned to Washington: The time for fighting 
over health care reform has ended. Now our elected officials should 
work together to make sure this law works effectively for all American 
families.
  Instead, Republicans have chosen to once again spend valuable 
legislative time trying to score political points.
  What concerns me the most is how their actions would impact my 
constituents, folks like Rita Manley, a senior who lives in Central 
Falls. Rita was recently diagnosed with cancer, and if Republicans did 
succeed in repealing health care reform, millions of men and women like 
Rita could be denied coverage based on preexisting conditions.
  I urge my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to refrain from 
starting this debate all over again and instead focus their energy and 
attention on getting people back to work by taking up critical jobs 
legislation.

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