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Date:7/13/2009

e saying that -- that this is putting government between you and your doctor. That's what they say. It is just the opposite. What we are doing is removing the health insurance company from between patients and their doctors.

In doing so, we will provide stability and peace of mind that people cannot be denied for preexisting conditions, and that people have portability if they go from one job to the next, and that they will not lose their health care if they lose their jobs. And this is why this is so important to middle class families in America.

Today, just before we introduce the legislation, we're so pleased to be joined by three Americans -- well, four -- Joe Greear and Diane Buch who are with us. They are going to talk about pre-existing conditions. Phil Feaster, whom Mr. Hoyer will introduce, his constituent, will talk about seniors and the donut hole; and Tammy Rostov a small business owner.

I would now like to turn this meeting over to the distinguished Democratic leader of the House, Mr. Hoyer.

Majority Leader Hoyer. Thank you very much, Madam Speaker, and thank you for your leadership on this issue and so many others.

There are certain things that are a necessity for all of us: clean air to breathe, water to drink, food to eat, and our health. Those are essentials if we're going to have any quality of life. Indeed, the first two are essential if we're going to have life period.

We are debating in this Congress all of those issues. Clean air, we passed an energy bill. We passed it in the timeframe in which we said we'd pass it. It's now in the Senate. Hopefully, they will pass it soon and we will have conference on that issue.

We are now addressing health care, which as I said, is a necessity for all of our families. Reforming health care is an economic imperative, a budget imperative, and a moral imp
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