House Proceeding 11-07-09 on Nov 7th, 2009 :: 6:46:35 to 6:48:10
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6:46:31 to 6:46:52( Edit History Discussion )

Robert C. Scott: and the american people w never forget i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. miller: i yield 1 1/2 nutes to the gentleman from virginia, mr. scott, a member

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Speech By: Robert C. Scott

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Robert C. Scott: the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. scott: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. scott: we have heard about the freedom to be insured. people in my district doesn't want a government-run medicare so they can be a freedom to be uninsured and those without insurance do not view as

6:47:15 to 6:47:35( Edit History Discussion )

Robert C. Scott: themselves having freedom. they want insurance. the comprehensive affordable health care affordable act is a bill that does not help those with pre-existing conditions. it does, however, attack innocent victims of medical malpctice.

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Robert C. Scott: medical malpractice represents less than .3% of all health care costs and yet the republican substitute seems to blame those on innocent victims of medical malpractice. for those victims the bill limited the ability to hire a lawyer, complicates the lawsuit, shifts the costs of medical malpractice from the

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Robert C. Scott: doctors to the victim's own private insurance and in some cases makes them lose the right to sue. none of those provisions were passed in previous attempts when the republicans controlled