Senate Amendments To H.R. 3590, Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act Of 2009, And H.R. 4872, Health Care And Education Reconciliation Act Of 2010

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Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Tonight I want to express my profound thanks to the people of Illinois' Ninth Congressional District, the place where I was born and lived nearly all my life, for the privilege of being here tonight to cast my vote for this historic health care measure. My life's work has been to answer what is at bottom a moral question: Will the United States of America continue to allow our people to lose their lives, their homes and their fundamental sense of security, or finally decide that a proud and wealthy country like ours has an ethical obligation to provide access to health care for everybody? Is it even credible to think that a country as rich as ours in so many ways can't afford to do this?

I am so proud that today this House, under the leadership of perhaps the most effective Speaker in U.S. history, Nancy Pelosi, will say to all those parents agonizing over a sick child who is now excluded from insurance coverage because of a preexisting condition, Sleep well. Our courageous and visionary President Barack Obama, when he signs this law, that problem will end. This is a great day for America.

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