Patsy T. Mink: “those who are opposed to the health care reform effort that is now ongoing are conducting a campaign of disinformation.…”

“those who are opposed to the health care reform effort that is now ongoing are conducting a campaign of disinformation. The special interests who would maintain the status quo are unwilling to openly confront the facts of health care reform and why it is absolutely essential that this Congress enact a reform that goes to the critical issue of providing universal health care for everyone. Nightly we see on television all of the ads that are being paid for by special interests trying to defuse the argument and take it away from the essential elements of the President's proposal. Mr. Speaker, we ought to be debating only those matters in the Congress that actually provide universal health care. Most of the proposals that are on the front pages of the newspaper do not provide universal health care. The one other bill besides the President's bill is the single payer bill. It has nearly 100 cosponsors in the House of Representatives. I urge this body to give serious consideration to the single payer bill. The House Committee on Education and Labor finished hearings on that matter this week. I urge that the other committees do the same.”