Senate Proceeding on Oct 8th, 2009 :: 1:18:35 to 1:22:40
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Patty Murray: affordable for every single amer thank you. ms. mikulski: i now yield four minutes to the gentlelady -- to the senator from washington state. mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. i want to thank my colleague senator mikulski and all the women who are on theloor today to talk about this critical issue, because the rising cost

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Speech By: Patty Murray

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Patty Murray: of health insurance is hurting women and it's hurting our country. for the millions of women this country who open up the mail each month premiums rising dramatically, who can't get preventative care like mammograms co-pays are too much or who work part time or for a small business that doesn't provide insurance for them and their

1:19:13 to 1:19:33( Edit History Discussion )

Patty Murray: families, whoan't get covered for prenatal care or who are forced to stay relationship because if they leave, their sick kids will lose their health care coverage. mr. president, we are their voice. you know, i remembe debate like this on this floor almost 16 years ago. senators in debating legislation that would

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Patty Murray: allow 35 million americans to be able to stay home to take care of a newborn or sick child, parent, spous without fear of losing their i came tohe told the story about a woman i knew whose child was sick at the time and who was not allowed to take tim for him as he was dying because

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Patty Murray: she would lose her income and the health insurance tha covered him. at t the senate, i spoke passionately about that, told the story, and as i was walking off the floor, one of our colleagues came up to me and he said, you know, here in the senate, we don't tell personal stories. i rember well what i said to him. i came here to tell the stories

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Patty Murray: of the people i represent. they deserve a voice in this united states senate. those stories impacted that debate, and we passed the family and medical leave law. well, mr. president, i'm back today to tell the story of a woman whose child i want t here. his name is marcellus owens.

1:20:38 to 1:20:59( Edit History Discussion )

Patty Murray: i met him at a health care rally in seattle. he was 10 years old. he and his two sisters who you see here as well have been through a lot. two years ago, their mother tiffany, who is not in this picture -- that is his grdmother -- tiffany lost her life because she was uninsured, 27 years old. how didhat happen?

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Patty Murray: well, tiffany was a single mom who felt strongly about working to support her family, and she worked as an assistant manager at a fast food restaurant. she had health care coverage for her family. but in september, 2006, she got sick and missed some work. her employer gave her an ultimatum -- make up the lost

1:21:21 to 1:21:41( Edit History Discussion )

Patty Murray: time or lose your job. well, because she was so sick, she physically couldn't mak up the time and she did lose her job. when she lost her job, she lost her health insurance. and without the coverage and care she needed, in june, 2007, tiffany lost her life. marcellus and his sisters lost

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Patty Murray: their mom. our health care system is broken. it's broken for moms like tiffany who work to provide for their families and do the right thing and for men who lose health care in this market we have today. it's broken for women we have heard about who have been coverage or charged more for pre-existing conditions like

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Patty Murray: pregnancy or c-sections or tragically domestic violence. it's broken for the and for little boys like marcellus who will never get back what he lost. enough is enough. the time is now. the status quo that is being defended by the other side is not for women across this country, for their families, for our

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Patty Murray: businesses, for our nation's future strength that as mothers we care about so much, we have to get this right. we have to rember these stories. we need to be their voice. that's why we're here today and why we're going to keep fighting to make sure that we reform the