April 4, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 59 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages H3072-H3073]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               HEALTHCARE

  (Mr. WATKINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WATKINS. Madam Speaker, last week the administration made yet 
another attempt to strip healthcare away from our families.
  Let me be clear: My community in the Central Valley needs more health 
coverage, not less. We need more doctors; we need more nurses; we need

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more mental health services; and we need everyone with a preexisting 
condition to have coverage.
  Each and every one of us in this Chamber has a loved one or a 
neighbor who would be hurt by this effort. This includes my friend 
Vicky, from Modesto.
  She was healthy her whole life until she had her first seizure. She 
was hospitalized and was having four to five seizures a day until her 
doctor was able to find a medication that worked. She has to pay $400 a 
month even now for this medicine, and she has insurance.
  Imagine if this lawsuit goes through. Vicky will completely lose her 
insurance. There are 100,000 other people in my community with a story 
just like hers. These are real people who would be hurt.
  Folks in my community have been crystal clear on this issue: We need 
more healthcare for more people.
  My community needs us to move this discussion forward, not backwards.

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