Tammy Baldwin: “I am pleased to have the next hour on the floor to discuss with my colleagues a grave situation in our country, the…”

“I am pleased to have the next hour on the floor to discuss with my colleagues a grave situation in our country, the issue of the uninsured. I would like to set the stage on this topic before calling on a number of my colleagues who are equally committed and tenacious about fighting to bring this issue back to the forefront. We are facing an extremely serious health crisis. I listen carefully to those that I represent in Congress. I hear from constituents every day who have lost their health insurance and have nowhere to turn. I hear from mothers and fathers who are afraid that their healthcare premiums will become so expensive that they simply cannot afford them any more. I hear from small business owners who are facing skyrocketing premium increases and may not be able to offer health care coverage to their employees any more. I believe that it is time once again to bring the issue of the uninsured and health care for all back to this House floor. I believe we need to act soon if we are going to save those families teetering on the edge of losing their health insurance, and I believe that it is unconscionable that in our country, the richest country on earth, that almost 40 million Americans have no health care coverage at all.”