[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11050]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              JULIE DOYLE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Minnesota (Mr. Ellison) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. ELLISON. I appreciate everything everyone has said in defense of 
the Affordable Care Act; but rather than striking a statistical 
position or coming up with basically what was pretty humorous and 
entertaining by my good friend from Texas--I really enjoyed his 
presentation--I just want to talk about a person.
  This is the person I want to talk about. She is a young lady from my 
district in the prime of her youth. She is only 25. I would like to 
talk to you about her a little bit, Mr. Speaker.
  Today, we are going to vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act for the 
31st time. We are wasting 2 days debating a bill that has already 
passed the House and that has no chance in the Senate. Rather than 
spending our time creating jobs, we're spending it trying to take 
health care away from those who need it most. One of those people, Mr. 
Speaker, is an individual by the name of Julie Doyle.
  This is Julie. Julie is 25, as I said. Her life has already been 
filled with numerous roadblocks. Julie had her first heart procedure at 
age 12; and for the last 13 years, her life has been filled with many 
ups and downs, including having lost her father when she was 15. 
Despite numerous health issues, Julie is still very active as the 
captain of her softball team, as the captain of her tennis team. She is 
a student council member and an active community volunteer. So as you 
can imagine, I think she is an amazing kid. Of course, she is not a 
kid--she is a young woman now--but she is still quite an amazing member 
of our community.
  Like many young people her age, Julie is dreaming of going to 
college, of having a successful career. She wants to study business. 
Her efforts were derailed about 3 years ago when she started having 
multiple system disorders and started blacking out. There were days 
when she only had the energy to crawl from the bathroom. Concussions, 
bruises, broken teeth became routine. Just as her condition was 
becoming severe, her insurance was due to end. However, because of the 
Affordable Care Act provision allowing young adults to stay on their 
parents' plans until the young adults are aged 26, Julie was able to 
get the health care that she needed.
  Now, for the people who think it's so clever, so smart, so funny to 
repeal the Affordable Care Act--I don't know what they think it is--I 
urge them to think about Julie. Julie is worth it.

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