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Sat Nov 07, 2009 at 10:33 PM CST
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| Tonight we witnessed a landmark vote for our generation, 220-215. Never again will people be turned down from health insurance due to pre-existing conditions. Never again will Americans go bankrupt due to health care crisis. Never again will our health care be based on our continued employment. Never again will we stand by and watch our neighbors die from lack of access to affordable health care.
This was an historic day that we've worked towards for decades, and now we are one step closer to achieving total victory. We now wait for the Senate version and then the process to combine them into the final law. |
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| Watching the debate all day on the house floor made me all the more committed to my fight against injustice. Watching heroes like Rep. Dingall who presided over the Medicare debates in 1965 and is still fighting today is my inspiration. I watched Rep. Doggett represent Austin with pride and passion. These are my role models. The leaders who are fighting for the people, not the special interests.
Then I saw my opponent, Rep. Lamar Smith. He claimed that he cares about providing health care to those in need, and yet he has voted twice against children's health insurance for low income children, and No to real health care reform tonight. The Republican alternative ignored the need to end discrimination against pre-existing conditions, and instead opened more loopholes for the private insurers to further abuse. It is clear that the Republicans in Congress, being led by ranking members such as Lamar Smith don't want solutions. They want failure for our President and our country.
It is time for a change.
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Lainey Melnick
Candidate for US Congress
Texas 21st District
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