House Proceeding 10-22-09 on Oct 22nd, 2009 :: 2:03:45 to 2:05:15
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Keith Ellison: ms. foxx of north carolina. mr. posey of florida. mr. mchenry of north carolina. ms. ros-lehtinen of florida. mr. westmoreland of georgia. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from minnesota, mr. ellison, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the

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Speech By: Keith Ellison

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Keith Ellison: majority leader. mr. ellison: let me thank the speaker for recognizing us today. let me also thank mr. jared polis who will be joining me for the progressive caucus hour. we come together every week to talk about a progressive vision for america, a progressive vision, one that says, look, we

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Keith Ellison: all count we all matter, we all need health care and clean air and clean water, food free of pesticides and now we all need health care. we need health care that works for everybody. we need to cover the uninsured, we need to stop the escalating costs for those of us who may have health care but see our premiums rise and rise and

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Keith Ellison: rise, doubled over the last 10 years, doubling over the n 10. tonight, mr. speaker, we come together to caulk about health care, to talk about the fact that we are within grasp major health care reform and the american people not only want it, they demand it and they demonstrated their interest in the last election,

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Keith Ellison: which not only left barack obama in the white house but led to firm majorities in the house of representatives and the senate. so let me invite you and yield