House Proceeding 10-22-09 on Oct 22nd, 2009 :: 2:08:40 to 2:10:30
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Keith Ellison: barbara's and to make american families stronger that the united states congress needs to pass health care reform. thank youened i yield back to my friend from minnesota. mr. ellison: thank you to the gentleman for yielding. it's important we keep this conversation real. real people going through real things and i want to thank you for bringing the story of that family to the floor of the

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Speech By: Keith Ellison

2:08:58 to 2:09:19( Edit History Discussion )

Keith Ellison: house today. they deserve to be heard. this is the progressive message, the pr agressive caucus special order hour and i want to share a few things. as you talk about real story, the gentleman from colorado, mr. polis, let me talk about things a little more globally. there are highlights that you need to know about regarding whether the american people

2:09:20 to 2:09:40( Edit History Discussion )

Keith Ellison: want health care or not. the majority has now backed two key and controversial provisions, both the so-called public option and the new mandate requiring all americans to carry health insurance. polling has indicated the american people support both. independents and senior

2:09:41 to 2:10:01( Edit History Discussion )

Keith Ellison: citizens have warmed to the idea of the public insurance option, 57%, 57% of all americans now favor a public insurance option. the fact is, 56% of all americans favor a provision mandating that all americans buy insurance because americans know if you decide to not get insurance and all the rest of

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Keith Ellison: us do, when you get sick, we're for sure going to take care of you, is everybody has to help out and do what's right as part of this. the number of -- rises to 71% should the government provide subsidies for many low-income americans to help them purchase insurance, 71% of americans say that we should do that.

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Keith Ellison: so the fact is, i want to yield back to the gentleman, maybe if you have some more stories you could share the