House Proceeding 03-21-10 on Mar 21st, 2010 :: 0:29:55 to 0:31:25
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Paul Ryan: these insurance companies and give the american public a health insurance reform bill that we all can be proud of. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. ryan: mr. speaker, we can do better. it doesn't have to be this way. this is not democracy. this is not good government.

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Speech By: Paul Ryan

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Paul Ryan: one of the cornerstone principles of this nation that our founders created upon is the principle that we govern by consent of the governed. that principle is being turned on its head here today. more to the point, the shame of all of this is we've been offering constructive solutions from the very beginning.

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Paul Ryan: we have asked to you work with us on a bipartisan basis, step by step, piece by piece, work on the uninsured, work on pre-existing conditions, work on costs, work on prices, work on the deficit, all along the other side said, no, we're doing it our way. one party rule.

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Paul Ryan: this bill clearly violates the house rules. we shouldn't be waiving our rules and imposing these costly mandates. we're going to hear many emotional appeals today. let me tell you a little bit about my own. i've got the best mother-in-law a man could ever ask for. she's five years in a phasing stage three ovarian cancer and she's still fighting it because

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Paul Ryan: of a drug call that's keeping her alive. well, if she was a british citizen she wouldn't have it because they deny this drug to their cancer patients.