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John Yarmuth: make america healthier and avoid the enormous future cost of diabetes treatment. now is the time to act on health care reform. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky rise? >> requet per noigs address the house for one minute. gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, our republican friends, perhaps in wish a bit

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John Yarmuth: credit we put in the act. they'll have trouble convincing people in g.e. pamplet where they're bringing jobs back from china to kentucky to introduce a revolutionary water heater and they'll have trouble convincing my constituents who have their paychecks increased

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Joe Baca: relief by cutting brand names drug costs in the doughnut hole by 50%. the tricommittee bill caps out of pocket costs at $10,000 per year, ensuring that no individual has to face

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Albio Sires: i urge my colleagues to stand with me and support health care reform because this is not a political issue, this is a human issue. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? >> permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute.

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Albio Sires: highlight where some of the stimulus jobs are located. while some states refused stimulus money availablei want to acknowledge so areas using the stimulus funds to create jobs today. in my state of new jersey, the funding has gone to good jobs for new jersey workers this summer, 6,000 youth will be working under the new jersey

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Albio Sires: future construction. these are just a few projects. it's not just new jersey that's seeing jobs increase as a yesterday "the new york times" hi tennessee, where hundreds of layed off workers are once again back to work since

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Allyson Y. Schwartz: keeping costly conditions from worsening. yet despite this essential role it is primarcare where we face the most acute shortages. in 1998, the percentage of residents choosing primary care has dropped from 50% to 20%. by 2025, america will have a shortage of 46,000rimary care providers. i am very proud that the

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Martin Heinrich: beneficiaries seeking care and creates incentives for doctors and nurses to coordinate care for patients with multiple chronic conditions. this will improve health outcomes and reduce health care costs. we should support better health care for americans by supporting health care reform. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new mexico rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to

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Martin Heinrich: address the house for one minute. the speaker pro gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i just held a round table in my district to hear from small business owners on how they feel about health care reform. each of the small businesses owners agreed the system is broken and that keep thinking status quo will only hurt small businesses in new mexico.

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Martin Heinrich: we can and must do better. we need a long-term, viable solution that creates stability, prevents insurance companies from cherry picking customers and businesses,

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Todd Tiahrt: the bill imposes not only an employer mandate on health benefits but creates a fleet of government auditors who will sail in to inspect every employer in the nation and make sure they meet a standard the democrats admit they haven't ascertained.

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Todd Tiahrt: five years. democrats don't know why people would read a bill over 1,000 page, now we're learning why. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will receive a message. the messenger: a message from the senate. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary.

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Chris Murphy: s.j.res. 19, making changes the washington, d.c. transit regulation compact in which the concurrence of the house is requested. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose do rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i hope the republicans on

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Chris Murphy: the other side of the aisle who don't want us to fix the health care system will listen to their constituents. a woman in connecticut contacted me about her system, she had a pulmonary bomalism and was told she was in danger of losing her leg, and the insurance company decided not

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Gary G. Miller: the cost of our broken system can't be measured in just dolls and cents. we hav value keeping people healthy. we can change this by passing health care reform. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute.

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Gary G. Miller: the government-run health care. the argument being made by my friends on the other side is the only reason it hasn't worked everywhere it's been tried is because the right people aren't in charged. it has never worked anywhere. it doesn't work. an individual i represent was a doctor for 60 years in the united states and in canada. he holds two of the highest degrees in medicine he said it not only hurts the poor, it

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Gary G. Miller: private sector can compete with government when government is funded by unlimited amounts of money that they extort from you, the worki people. if you want health care in this country to be quality and be good, there's nings we can do. but don't destroy it by turning it over to the government. the government does very few thin in fact, my colleagues complained about the way the

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James R. Langevin: daye congressman langevin, 10 years ago i was diagnosed with a brain tumor. as a single mother raising two children, i was nervous about supporting, clothing and putting a roof over my children's head. after my brain tumor was removed, i spent 30 days from the hospital. i lots my job. when i lost my job i lost my

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Jared Polis: is one of the pleasing causes of bankruptcy in america and that shouldn't happen. we have an opportunity and an obligation to reform our health care system. we must not let our constituents down. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado rise? >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore:

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Jared Polis: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one mr. polis: mr. speaker, health care reform is a single most important step we can take to help families and rebuild our economy. our health care is broken and only a comprehensive fix will help so many from financial sickness and financial insecurity. i want to share a story of a 56-year-old constituent in my district in colorado.

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Jared Polis: became seriously ill, like many americans, alicia went to the emergency room. by the time she was rushed into surgery her situation was so severe doctors removed a 10-pound tumor. thankfully she survived her surgery but is not 100% better. her salary, while too high to qualify for medicaid, is not near enough to cover the cost

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Jackie Speier: is suddenly yanked away. a woman recently addressed the congress about having an insurance policy canceled days before her mastectomy surgery. the reason she was told is because she didn't disclose on her application that she had suffered from acne. rescission is an inhumane d

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House Clerk: to worry that their insurance that they've paid for will be canceled if they get sick. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: who seeks recognition? >> i do, mr. speaker. i move the house suspend the

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House Clerk: rules -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered or on which the vote incurs objection under clause 6 of rule 20. record votes on postponed questions will be taken later. for what purpose does the gentleman rise?

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Jesse L. Jr.Jackson: insurance act and the federal credit union act to provide more effective reviews of losses in the deposit insurance fund and the share insurance fund by the inspectors general of the several federal banking agencies and the national credit union administration board, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore:

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Dennis Moore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from kansas, mr. moore, and the gentlan from new york, mr. lee, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from kansas. mr. moore: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on this legislation and to insert extraneous material thereon. the speaker pro tempore:

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Steve Driehaus: without objection. mr. moore: mr. speaker, i yield five minutes to the chief sponsor of this bipartisan legislation, a strong proponent in this congress for tougher oversight, the gentleman from ohio, mr. driehaus. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for five minutes. mr. driehaus: thank you very much, mr. speaker. and i want to thank the subcommittee chairman for all of his support in this

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Steve Driehaus: legislation and also my colleague on the other side of the aisle, mr. lee from new york, for his tremendous support. this is simply a good government bill, mr. speaker. h.r. 3330 is about protecting financial institutions but providing efficiency, efficiency when it comes to the inspector generals. what we're dealing with today is material loss reviews.

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Steve Driehaus: increases the threshold. in the case of our financial institutions from $25 million in losses to $200 million in losses. and in the case of our credit unions from $10 million in losses to $25 million in losses. and if i might, mr. speaker, i would like to read briefly from a letter dated july 17, 2009,

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Steve Driehaus: reviews that will be required under the law as it presently exists will continue to grow significantly in the foreseeable future. we require that the inspectors general complete these reviews within six months.

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Christopher Lee: mr. lee: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. mr. lee: thank you. i want to applaud my colleague froohio, mr. driehaus, for showing leadership on this very bipartisan bill that will have a very positive effect in helping to turn around a very important agency that provides oversight. i also want to thank the

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Christopher Lee: this is a significant problem. as a matter of comparison, treasu is currently conducting 16 before 2007 the office had not conducted a review of this nature in almost five years. meanwhile, the i.g. r the federal reserve said that these reviews make up almost 40% of her workload.