House Proceeding 11-03-09 on Nov 3rd, 2009 :: 0:12:10 to 0:32:10
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Speech By: Betty McCollum

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Betty McCollum: and opportunities facing indian communities and families. tribal leaders are also here to commemorate a historic opening today of the embassy of tribal nations permanent home in our nation's capital for their families. thank to you all the tribes who are here to participate and work on india together.

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Sue Wilkins Myrick: with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pr gentlelady yields back her time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from north carolina rise? >> to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mrs. myrick: thank you, mr. speaker. when i'm home in the district i'm not getting questions about health care i am getting questions about jobs. people are saying what are you

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Speech By: Sue Wilkins Myrick

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Sue Wilkins Myrick: doing to help create jobs? unemployment nationally is at a 26-year high, in my district it's between 11% and 15%. and small businesspeople say to me all the time, new taxes on business that is can't afford health covage is not going to help. we all know that leads to fewer jobs and lower wages for workers. health care reform's importa but the country can't afford it

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Sue Wilkins Myrick: on the proposed bill. half of the tax dollars by the health care bills is surtax on small businesses. it's terrible for innovation and kills engine i newt which makes

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Hank Johnson: america great. right way that lowers cost and is affordable. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? >> to address the house for one minute. revise and extend the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. johnson: today i introduced

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Speech By: Hank Johnson

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Hank Johnson: h.r. 3986, the effective death penalty appeals act to protect innocent americans from execution. under current law a death row inmate can be stranded in a procedural no man's land, condemned to die even if there is compelling new evidence of innocence. justice steve recently wrote

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Hank Johnson: that the law as it stands is arguably unconstitutional. it's also wrong. my bill would empower federal courts to entertain and grant habeas corpus petitions for death row inmates who present new evidence that demonstrates probable innocence. this bill will help us discern

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Hank Johnson: the innocent from the guilty when the stakes are highest. i look forward to broad support for this bill and i will also say that health care is -- this

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Mary Fallin: new proposal, h.r. fabulous reform to this problem. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from oklahoma rise? >> to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. fallin: for many women and their families, hire costs means the difference between receiving care or going without it. unfortunately the pelosi health

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Speech By: Mary Fallin

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Mary Fallin: care bill raises taxes on health care and empowers the government and bureaucrat to decide what kind of health care families and women will have versus empowering people to make those own personal decisions. it it also undermines a woman's ability to make the best decisions for her family. according to a report, studies

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Mary Fallin: have shown that more than 52% of women have foregone necessary care because of the cost. they have foregone care from filling prescription drugs, skipping a medical test, or even going to see a doctor when they needed medical help. we know when a federal government takes over care, whether it is a bureaucratic system or socialized system, it also leads to rationing of care.

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Mary Fallin: this bill increases taxes while also causing higher insurance premiums and will hurt women and

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Lois Capps: children and their families. the house republicans support reasonable health care reform that lowers assure access to care. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expi for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? >> to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mrs. capps: one of the serious things of halloween has been the continuation of myths about our

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Speech By: Lois Capps

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Lois Capps: health care legislation that's being made by opponents of reform. these teaing didbag myths have been debunked time and aga yet some in this congress continue to perpetuate, and why? because they have no plan of their own. if they had a comprehensive plan that would actually address our nation's health care crisis t. would have been put forward or maybe they would have enacted it

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Lois Capps: during the years they ran congress and the white house. when you don't have a plan, you have nothing else to talk about. we all know we cannot continue the status quo. americans with health insurance today never knowing if it will be there when they need it. f americans today without any coverage all the while costs keep climbing and

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Lois Capps: insurance companies keep getting richer. what do some f they distort our plan and use scare tactics and try to fool the american people. but the american people support our plan which ensures that we all have access to quality, affordable health care.

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Jean Schmidt: and they won't be foole more by the party of no. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back her time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from ohio rise? >> to speak for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> mr. speaker, i want to talk today about some of the concerns i have with the current h care bill.

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Speech By: Jean Schmidt

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Jean Schmidt: specifically abortion, our seniors, and the conscience clause of medical professionals. as this bill is drafted, it opens the door to the public funding of abortions. a majority of americans are opposed to funding abortions. for decades the federal funding of abortion has been prohibited by the hyde amendment. some will argue the capps amendment does the same thing

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Jean Schmidt: but it does not. it allows the plan to specifically the public option to have abortion coverage paid for with our tax dollars. . it also cuts $500 billion from medicare, putting our nation's

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Jean Schmidt: seniors at risk. almost $600 million will be cut from the medicare advantage program alone, that will

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John Lewis: adversely affect 17,000 seniors in my district. finally, it appears to erode the conscience clause medical professionals. no one should have to choose between their morals, faith, and his or her job. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. r what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise?

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Speech By: John Lewis

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John Lewis: >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> after a half century of debate, think time has come to make health care a reality for every single american. we must make health care a

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John Lewis: right and not a privelebling. people are dying without health care. this week we must say no more, no more. people losing their homes because they are without health insurance. this week, we said no more. the american people cannot wait a moment longer.

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John Lewis: every day that we americans lose their health insurance. we have a good deal before us. we resolve our differences. we have been stuck in analysis and th now is the time to act. dr. martin luther king jr. once

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John Lewis: said, injustice in health care is the most shocking and

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Marsha Blackburn: inhumane. we must not per pitch wait this injustice. history is upon . gentleman's time mr. lewis: i yield back the remained over my time. the sp what purpose does the gentlelady from tennessee rise?

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Speech By: Marsha Blackburn

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Marsha Blackburn: mrs. blackburn: to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. blackburn: the american people, especially women are listening and watching and paying close atonings how we define problem hourks we as a body get around to solving problems. i think they are learning so very much.

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Marsha Blackburn: they're learning that we have a philosophical difference in how we choose to address these problems. some of my colleagues want to see this played out in the health care debate, where they would choose to have a government-centered plan, and then there are tho would like to have a patient-centered, tax-payer friendly way to address this.

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Marsha Blackburn: and we do have lots of ideas. we as republicans have brought forward so many ideas and so many bills that would do just that. to address the health care and medical concerns of our constituents. what they want is more affordable costs, ease of access, making certain that we address access to affordable

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Jared Polis: pre-existing and existing conditions and we friendly to the taxpayer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado rise? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered.

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Speech By: Jared Polis

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Jared Polis: mr. polis: we have heard thousands of forum people's ideas on health care. i have held 28 events in my district. the input from the american people has made this bill a better bill. this bill before us, the john ding

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Jared Polis: billion less than the initial house bill. it reduce ours deficit by over $30 billion over 10 years. yes we need to do more to reduce our deficit but this bill is an important start. that's something i heard from my constituents and we're acting upon it by incorp. rating that into this bill. other suggestions from my constituents included making sure we have interstate competition.

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Jared Polis: there are provision -- provisions for that in the bill. tort reform, president obama challenged us to do that we have put tort reform in the bill. the input from millions of amer

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Candice S. Miller: ideological bill better. i would like to thank the american people for helping to write the democratic health care reform bill. i yield back. gentleman yields back his time. for what purpo gentlelady from michigan rise in >> unanimous consent to address the house rr fun minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speer pro tempore:

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Speech By: Candice S. Miller

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Candice S. Miller: without objection, so ordered. mrs. miller: i come the 4er9land of michigan and the heartland of america. as a mother and grandmother, i am incredibly concerned about the amount, the enormous amount of debt that this administration that a number of bills, and now this health care bill is placing on fure generations.

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Candice S. Miller: one ofhe most disingenuous claims that's been made over and over, mr. speaker, ithat if you like your current health care plan, you can keep it. here's a headline in my local paper the other day, employers ready to dump health care. der the house bill, paying an 8% penalty is cheaper than providing coverage. that was survey done by our mccombe county chamber of

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Candice S. Miller: commerce. what they found is that an overwhelming majority of companies stated they'd drop their existing employer coverage or avoid offering future health care benefits if this bill passes.

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Judy Chu: that is the reality. a business decision that is going to be made will dump these people out onto public plans. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. for what purpose does th gentlelady from california rise? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore:

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Speech By: Judy Chu

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Judy Chu: without objection. >> women of america, republicans want you to believe that our health care reform bill is poison that doing nothing is better for the nation. but it is the status quo that is poison. today, women are forced to settle for less health care at a higher price. we pay as much as 50% more than men, a practice of discrimination that's legal in 38 states. but this bill prohibits insurance companies from

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Judy Chu: charging women more for the same coverage. today, we women are turned away from buying insurance due to so-called pre-existing conditions such as domestic violence, pregnancy, and c-section. but this bill makes it illegal to deny coverage due to any pre-existing condition, including breast cancer. today, less than half of america's women can get

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Judy Chu: insurance throug they stay at home, worat small businesses or work part time. through this bill, every woman

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Cathy McMorris: can buy coverage through the exchange that will cover this is wh need this health care reform bill and why i strongly support this legislation. i yield back. gentlelady yields back her time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from washington rise? >> i request to address the

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Speech By: Cathy McMorris

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Cathy McMorris: house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speak without objection, so ordered. mrs. mcmorris rodgers: as the house proposes the latest way to have the government take over the health care bill, i want to say that there's many things wrong with this million-dollar -- billion-dollar health care plan. it's bad for our economi

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Cathy McMorris: health, it's a prescription for higher deficits and job losses. worst of all is what it does to women, families, seniors and small businesses. women make 2/3 of the health care decisions in our country. as motherswive, and daughters we work to protect the family members around us. the vast majorit -- america's health care

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Cathy McMorris: professionals are women, 90% of doctors, almost a third of doctors. if pelosi's health care proposal becomes law, women will no longer be able to make those responsible decisions for

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Paul Tonko: their families, government bureaucrats will. moms and turn it over to the government and call that reform. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back her time. the gentleman from new york. >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore:

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Speech By: Paul Tonko

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Paul Tonko: without objection, so ordered. >> i rise today in strong support of health insurance reform for many reasons, but especially h it helps the 50 million living in rural areas. there are problems rural americans face when it come toths current health care system, lack of choice and affordable health care -- health insance and lack of

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Paul Tonko: access to providers and lackf access to quality preventive care. our health insurance reform bill, h.r. 3962, addresses all these issues and more for rural americans. 15% of all people living in rural areas live in poverty and one in five uninsured americans lives in rural areas. this bill will extend coverage

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Paul Tonko: and the public option will give options to americans in rural areas. it will train thousands of new doctors, nurses and other health care providers and put them on the ground, where they're needed, especially in our rural areas.

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Virginia Foxx: finally this bill gives all americans prix access to preventive care and encourages and rewards high quality care. it is what we need in rural america and across the country. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempor for gentlelady from north carolina rise? ms. foxx: permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore:

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Speech By: Virginia Foxx

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Virginia Foxx: without objection, ordered. ms. foxx: for months, millions of concerned citizens voiced their strong opposition to government takeover of health care. yet speaker pelosi health care plan does nothing to control the rising costs of health care. but struggling businesses that can't afford to provide health insurance coverage to their

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Virginia Foxx: employers, employees to pay higher taxes. according to an economic model developed by president obama's economic advisor, an estimated 5.5 million jobs could be lost as a result of the taxes included in the pelosi health care plan. at a tame when several states are struggling, pushing policies that will raise taxes

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Virginia Foxx: and increase job losses is the

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Kathy Castor: wrong direction to take our country. it's time for congress to reject the pelosi health care plan and start over on responsible health care reform. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back her time. for what purpose does the ge >> i asknanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my

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Speech By: Kathy Castor

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Kathy Castor: remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> democrats are going to deliver on what americans have been asking for when it comes to their health, meaningful, secure, stable insurance, improved medicare for seenor, and three, vital consumer protections. for families with health

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Speech By: Cynthia Lummis

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Speech By: Allyson Y. Schwartz

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Cynthia Lummis: insurance, health reform wil

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Allyson Y. Schwartz: the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from pennsylvania rise? >> to address the housfor one minute and revise and extend. 13r0eu7 without objection, so >> finding a way for all americans to have health care has been a goal for decades.

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Allyson Y. Schwartz: health care legislation before the house builds on the hard work done by three health committees over many months and responds to feedback from the american people. it builds on america's public-private system and it is paid for. the legislation meets the goals of health reform, enhanced protection for those with health coverage, now,