House Proceeding 02-06-07 on Feb 6th, 2007 :: 0:24:40 to 0:27:57
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Speech By: Dennis J. Kucinich

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Dennis J. Kucinich: johnson for being able to excel in the capacity where he may apply his natural ability to lead those who are most important to our future. our students. the speaker pro tempore: for what

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Dennis J. Kucinich: purpose does the gentleman from connecticut rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> thank you, mr. speaker. when it comes to health care, i agree

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Dennis J. Kucinich: with the president in one respect. it's time to start redistributing resources within our health care system. the problem comes when we talk about where we bring those resources from. the president's

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Phil Gingrey: plan that he put before us in his state of the union speech and in his budget presented to this house yesterday would take resources from families who have good insurance and give it to families

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Speech By: Phil Gingrey

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Phil Gingrey: who have no insurance. i would propose instead, and many of my colleagues on this side of the aisle, would propose instead that we take resources from the h.m.o.'s who have enjoyed massive

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Phil Gingrey: profits off of our medicare system, to take money from the drug companies who have enjoyed the pleasure of not having to negotiate with the bulk purchasing power of the federal government, and

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Phil Gingrey: redistribute resources from those who are making millions of dollars of profit off of this system and put those resources into the hands of those who have nothing. we can agree on some things,

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Phil Gingrey: mr. speaker. we can agree this health care system has to be made better. it's just a matter of where we take and who we give it to. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from west

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Marsha Blackburn: virginia. without objection. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize february as national health month. heart disease is the number one killer of women in america, taking the lives of nearly 500,000

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Speech By: Marsha Blackburn

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Marsha Blackburn: women a year. that's one per minute. it claims the lives of more women than the next five causes of death. in my home state of west virginia, heart disease kills 12 women per day. that's

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Marsha Blackburn: 31% of all female deaths between the years of 1999-2003. on february 2, people from across the nation participated in go red for women day to support the fight against heart disease. go red

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Marsha Blackburn: for women is the american heart association's nationwide movement that celebrates energy, passion, and power we have as women to band together and fight this disease. too few people realize

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Marsha Blackburn: the threat associated with heart disease. the good news is that heart disease can largely be prevented by learning all of the serious health threats such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol,