Mr. Speaker, the men and women of this great Nation are not stupid, even though there have been strident, permanent and significant efforts to mislead them; that reached its heyday in August. But now we're talking about a public option because the people are speaking now.
And so I want to salute the American people; you want affordable health care, which means you are sick and tired of the rise in premiums, the cost of premiums and the number of denials that you are getting after dutifully paying those premiums for years and years. So I want to congratulate the American people; you are about to have a victory with respect to health care.