Patricia Schroeder: “I am wearing this blue ribbon because the Girl Scouts today are asking everyone to be the best that they can be, and to…”

“I am wearing this blue ribbon because the Girl Scouts today are asking everyone to be the best that they can be, and to take some kind of a pledge to try and make our communities better. One of the things I would hope Members would do would be to seriously consider cosponsoring the bill I have, because I think it would make Americans' lives better. What would it do? I have a bill that would allow anyone who works for a small employer or who is self-employed to be able to bid off the same Federal menu of health care choices we as Members of Congress get to, the President gets to, and Federal employees get to. Boy, would that give people some choices and put them in a large pool where their premiums would be much more reasonable. Mr. Speaker, I include for the Record this editorial in Roll Call this week talking about how the Speaker of the House has put on the payroll once a year for $100 his fundraiser, so she could have access to that health care. Let us avoid this. Let us let everyone have it, and let us move on.”