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On the recordMarch 24, 2010
this is indeed a great day because we are passing real health care reform for American families, for American workers, for American small business, for seniors, and our communities. Health care reform will save lives. No longer will dreams and lives be endangered because people lost their health care insurance when they got sick, lost a job or had an accident. I listened to the other side which says they listen to the people. You heard the old saying, ``Men are from Mars, women are from Venus.'' I think that party is from Mars and we are from planet Earth. I think they have been out in orbit. The planet Earth that I am on tells me to pass health insurance reform. One of the reasons I am voting for this bill, the main reason I am voting for this bill, is the stories I heard from my constituents in Maryland--roundtables, townhalls, hearings, lots of letters, phone calls, e-mails. They told me about the situation in their lives, where they were terrified that one big health care incident could lead them into bankruptcy.
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Barbara Mikulski
Democratic · Maryland
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govinfo.gov
Mar 24, 2010

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Mikulski discusses the importance of health care reform and its impact on American families.

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