04/21/2009
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"Thank you for this opportunity to speak for those without a voice, who have died or will die as a result of our country's unwillingness to acknowledge that health care is a human right and to provide ..."
"Today, there are nearly 44 million Americans, living below the poverty line, and that is the largest number on record."
"I fear, moving forward, now that the poverty rate has climbed in this recession back up to the levels--to pre-1996 levels, I am concerned that, moving forward, and especially in 2014, we are going to ..."
"It's a time bomb. I mean, it's already true that in the United States, we rank at or near the bottom."