House Proceeding 03-18-10 on Mar 18th, 2010 :: 0:00:00 to 0:20:00
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representatives.] the spker pro tempore: on this

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vote the yeas are -- lee anne rhymes lee the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 409, the nays are one. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is is agreed to and without objection the motion to

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reconsider is laid on the table the house will be in order. the house will be in order. members could please clear the aisle and the well.

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the house will be iorder. the chair lays before the house the following personal requests. the clerk: leaves of absence requested for honorable lofgren of california for today and mr. cummings of maryland for today after 4:30 p.m. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are

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granted. the house will come tord. -- to order. the house will be in order. the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? >> unanimous consent to address

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Doris O. Matsui: the house for one minute, revise and extends. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the significant benefit our health care bill will have on american women. simply put, the health care bill will provide more security, higher quality care and is a better deal for america's

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Speech By: Doris O. Matsui

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Doris O. Matsui: daughters, mothers and grandmothers. in the current health care system women often face higher health care costs than men and multiple other barriers to obtain health insurance. fewer women are eligible for employer-based coverage and comprehensive coverage and individual health care market is often unavailable. prohibtively expensive or

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Doris O. Matsui: excludes key services that women need. as a result my women are either uninsured or underinsured and simply cannot afford their health care costs. is affects individual women, their families and their businesses. for all these reasons it is imperative that we pass health insurance reform legislation and provide all americans with a

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Doris O. Matsui: quality health care they deserve at a cost they can afford. mr. speaker, i look forward to

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Glenn Thompson: joing my colleagues in doing so this week and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, competition used to be viewed a way to lower prices and improve

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Speech By: Glenn Thompson

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Glenn Thompson: services. a rental car company slogan was, we're number two, so we try harder. competition apparently is no longer a virtue under this administration. the health care bill seeks to put health care for americans in the hands of government bureaucrats but also seeks to put guaranteed student loans solely into the government's hands. unlike the car company i'm not sure the government can say that

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Glenn Thompson: it ever tried harder, sought innovation or went out of its way to help a student. the loan program is administrated primarily by private companies today and under the proposed change, private lenders will be barred for making government-guaranteed loans. some 30,000 employees across the nation will lose their jobs. so much for worry being the nation's unemployment. choice in competition will die

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Glenn Thompson: but the democrats say it will save money, about $87 billion. money they have already spent on pell grants and $9 billion diverted to pay for health care reform. instead of that savings, look

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Rosa L. DeLauro: for poorer service, increased defaults and highered a misk costs like dealing with the i.r.s. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut rise? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is -- the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. delauro: our long overdue health insurance reforms will put women's health on an equal

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Speech By: Rosa L. DeLauro

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Rosa L. DeLauro: footing at long last. it will transform the lives of american women of all ages for the better. younger women will be able to re as dependents until they reach 26 years of age. that means affordable care for everything from regular checkups to unexpected illness or injury. it means that -- means if they decide to become pregnant there

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Rosa L. DeLauro: will be coverage for maternity and child care. working women shopping for their family's coverage will be glad to know that the reforms will require insurance companies to have unprecedented transparency about what really is and is not cored. the reforms will cap out-of-pocket expenses and give americans sliding scale affordability credits to help them buy coverage.

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Rosa L. DeLauro: older women on medicare will benefit from closing the doughnut hole and ensuring important preventative services like mammogram and screenings are free of charge and finally all women will benefit from an end to the discriminatory practices of gender rating and for making prevention and wellness a critical part of health care at least -- last.

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Ted Poe: for themselves, their spoices, their friends and mothers, i urge my colleagues to pass this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is

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Speech By: Ted Poe

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Ted Poe: recognized for one minute. mr. poi: the navy times is reporting that the united states does not fly our flag at its main installation at port-au-prince in haiti. the administration says flying the flag may give people in haiti the wrong idea. what is that supposed to mean? is our government ashamed of old glory?

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Ted Poe: news reports say evey other nation involved in relief efforts are flying their flags in haiti. americans in testament to e good intention -- intentions of our country. why should the administration force them to hide our flag, the red white and blue. american troops should be able

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Ted Poe: to fly the stars and stripes wherever they are in this world serving our nation. after all, isn't that what the flag is about?

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Jay Inslee: but now it sounds like the adsrgs what once again apologizing for americans being american. that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the

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Speech By: Jay Inslee

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Jay Inslee: gentleman isecognized. >> i met a man, gary hall, in my office yesterday he won ree gold medals, five silver medals and four bronze medals in swimming over several different olympics.

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Jay Inslee: but after he finished the olympics, he got his insurance through the olympic for 12 years, but after that, he lost his coverage. nobody would insure him because he had diabetes. we have to pass a health reform bill, whether you've won a gold

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Jay Inslee: medal in swimming or you're just an average joe or jane, you ought to be able to buy insurance even if you've got diabetes. we're going to have a bill on the floor shortly, the bill is going to be transparent, it's going to be recorded, it's going to be constitutional,

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Jack Kingston: it's going to be just the way we've voted for years. we're going to make sure we get health insurance. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? >> to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: withou is recognized. >> it's a simple truth that republicans in congress spent too much money but it's a simple truth that in 12 years

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Speech By: Jack Kingston

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Jack Kingston: of republican deficit the democrats in one year spent more money with a deficit of $1.4 trillion in one year. it's a simple truth you can't insure 30 million more people without costing more to the federal government. it's a simple truth that if the government rewrites all the health care laws you can't keep the health insurance you now have.

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Jack Kingston: it's a simple truth that with millions of new bureaucracies, thousands of new bureaucracies, billions more dollars, bureaucrats will come in between you and your doctor. it's a simple truth, the government that brought you cash for thrunkers is not going to deliver good health care policy. and it's a simple truth that the bill is so good we wouldn't

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Jack Kingston: need the cornhusker kickback. we wouldn't need the gatorade payoff we wouldn't need the louisiana purchase and we would not have to promise to all members of the congress all kinds of things in this bill and other bills to come, if it was a good bill. it's a simple truth, the

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Betty Sue Sutton: american people want us to start all over and that's what we should be doing. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from -- the yom from ohio rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute.??

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Speech By: Betty Sue Sutton

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Betty Sue Sutton: >> currently, women can be charged higher rates because of their gender. it's estimated that 64 million women do not health insurance coverage today. 1.6 million women have lost their insurance coverage since the beginning of the economic downturn and 30% of all low-income women lack health insurance coverage.

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Betty Sue Sutton: women are also more likely to deplete their savings accounts paying medical bills than men. the reform being considered by congress will help address all these critical issues and more. it will eliminate insurance coverage discrimination based on gender, provide access to affordable policy os al -- to

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Betty Sue Sutton: all americans and it will prohibit insurance companies from discriminating based on pre-existing conditions including the despicable practice of calling domestic

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Dan Burton: violence victims pre-existing conditions. it's time to pass this the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman -- the gentlewoman' time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman rise? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> i love my colleagues on the other side, they don't mention some of the other things going

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Speech By: Dan Burton

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Dan Burton: on, like the budget is $3.8 trillion we don't have, the taxpayers will have to pay for it, they have to pay for it with higher taxes and they don't mention that there's $961.2 billion in new taxes, what the heck we can afford that and medicare and medicare advantage will be cut by $520

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Dan Burton: billion, the seniors don't have to worry about that, they can ask their grandkids for some money and of course the total cost is not $9 0 billion, it's going to be more like $1.4 trillion, and i believe it'll be more like $3.1 trillion. this is just money, wi can always print more.

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Dan Burton: of course it causes inflation

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Mazie Hirono: and higher taxes, but who cares. you can get it done. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlelady from hawaii rise? ms. hirono: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognize. ms. hirono: few people have

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Speech By: Mazie Hirono

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Mazie Hirono: more at stake in health care reform an women. several states allow insurance companies to gender rate their insurance. a 25-year-old woman may pay 26% more than a 25-year-old man. women reported postponing

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Mazie Hirono: medical care because of cost. only 9% of men had those experiences. nine states allow private plans to refuse coverage for domestic violence survivors. 88% of private insurance plans do not cover comprehensive maternity care. in many policies, a previous c-section and being pregnant are considered pre-existing

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Mazie Hirono: conditions. less than half of all women in america have employer-sponsored insurance, partly due to e fact that more women tend to work for small business or have part-time jobs where health insurance is not offered. certainly the case in hawaii.

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William L Jr Clay: it's time for reform. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired frurn does the gentleman from missouri rise? >> to address the house for one

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Speech By: William L Jr Clay

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William L Jr Clay: minute. mr. clay: i'm here to tell you the people of missouri's first district want us to act and pass this health care reform legislation now. here's why. it will improve coverage for 331,000 residents who already have health insurance. it will give tax credits to

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William L Jr Clay: 168,000 families. and 15,000 small businesses to help them afford coverages. it will improve medicare for 96,000 seniors, including closing the doughnut hole. it will extend coverage to 45,500 uninsured residents. it will guarantee coverage for

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William L Jr Clay: 10,000 residents with pre-existing conditions and it will protect 1,400 families from medical bankruptcy. this plan ends gender-based discrimination by stopping insurance

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Dina Titus: charging women more than men for the very same coverage. it is time to act, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from nevada rise? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute.

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Speech By: Dina Titus

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Dina Titus: ms. titus: mr. speaker, the need for health care reform is critical for so many in america, but for women the need is even greater. with health care costs weighing heavily on our small businesses and with women more likely to own or work for small businesses, it's critical that real reform help those businesses compete by lowering health care costs.

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Dina Titus: in nevada, insurers are allowed to consider gender when setting premium rates and the individual health insurance market. as a result of this gender rating, women often are charged more than men for the exact same coverage. insurance can also exclude coverage for certain prix-existing conditions, such as having had a c-section and

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Dina Titus: even being pregnant and it can be difficult, sometimes impossible, in certain markets for women to find coverage for maternity care in the

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Grace F. Napolitano: individual health market. i say it's time to tell insurance companies that being a woman is not a pre-existing condition. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california ri? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, the facts are

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Speech By: Grace F. Napolitano

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Grace F. Napolitano: that according to the national institutes of health, suicide is the leading cause of death for women. that is unacceptable. actually, adequate health coverage is critical to the future of women who since for mental illness, whetherit's postpartum dre de-presentation or military

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Grace F. Napolitano: women who suffer from loneliness, stress, depression and everything that goes with it, especially if they're tending to a spoe who has ptsd. there's articles by the "l.a. times," the "memphis editorial," the "dayton daily

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Ted Poe: news" and the "missouri supporting health care reform. we must vote for it. let's get it done. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. are there further one-minute speechs? for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore

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Speech By: Ted Poe

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Ted Poe: entered into, the following members may be permitted to address this house, revise and extend their remarks and include thereon extraneous materials. mr. burton, march 20 and 21, mr. poe for march 20 and 21, mr. moran for march 20, 21, and

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Lynn C. Woolsey: 25, and mr. franksor march 23, 24, and 25. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? ms. woolsey: i ask unanimous consent to address -- that the following -- excuse me i'm going to start all over. i ask unanimous consent that today, following legislative business and any special orders

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Speech By: Lynn C. Woolsey

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Lynn C. Woolsey: heretofore entered into, the physical lowing members may be permitted to address the house, to revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. mr. hoyer, maryland. ms. berkley, nevada, ms. woolsey, california, ms. kaptur, ohio, ms. moore, wisconsin, ms. jackson lee,

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Lynn C. Woolsey: texas, ms. baldwin, wisconsin, mrs. mccarthy, new york, ms. maloy nee, new york, ms. tsongas of massachusetts, ms. speier, california, mrs. davis, california, ms. chu, california. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the

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Lynn C. Woolsey: house, the following members of are recognized for five minutes each. mr. hoyer. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? ms. woolsey: i respectfully address -- request to address the house for five minutes.

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the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for five minutes. >> women comprise 50% of the population in the 2008 presidential election, 53% of the people who voted were women. indirectly, when women are involved in anything, any major decision, it impacts all family