Rob Andrews: “somewhere in America right now an 8-year- old girl comes home to her mother and father and says she has a numbness and…”

“somewhere in America right now an 8-year- old girl comes home to her mother and father and says she has a numbness and ache in her right arm, and they worry about it, wondering whether it is just a strain from playing on the playground or whether she has a serious disease of her nervous system. But they can't send her to the pediatrician because they do not have enough money left in the family budget this week and they have no health insurance. The question before the House is whether or not to provide health insurance for that family and that little girl. Yes or no? The bill says ``yes.'' It pays for it responsibly by a modest increase in the cigarette tax and by eliminating subsidies to health insurance companies. You can say whatever you want, but the question comes down to that: yes or no? It is time we voted ``yes'' for that little girl and her family, voted ``yes'' on this bill.”