On the recordMarch 20, 2012
I yield the gentleman 1 additional minute. Mr. McDERMOTT. They've got their health insurance because the bill that the President got through the Congress with our help was one that made it possible for you to get insurance if you have a preexisting condition. Now there are thousands of people who have benefited from that in this country, but not one single attempt has been made by the Republicans in 3\1/2\ years to do anything to make that work better. All they want to do is destroy it. This is the party of destruction--the destruction of the infrastructure of the country, the destruction of an attempt to do the health care. You can go right down the list--441 days, no jobs bill-- and what we get out here is this earmark. It would really be kind of laughable if it weren't so serious.
