Grayson calls out Republican hypocrisy on healthcare

Alan Grayson @ The Huffington Post - Last night, the House Republicans tried, and failed, to squelch a speech that I gave on health care last night. I intend to vote for the health care bill, because that bill saves lives. And I also intend to speak out, as loudly as I can, on behalf of those Americans who cannot speak out, those have died because they had no health insurance. And the Republicans tried, and failed, to shut me down, to shut down the truth.

Here's what happened.

I had reserved an hour on the Floor of the House for a "special order." When the hour began, I noted that a Harvard study had concluded that 44,789 Americans die each year because they have no health insurance. I also noted that the Urban Institute had released figures on the number of uninsured in each Congressional district. Observing that every single House Republican had pledged to block health coverage for the insured, I then did the math: Read more.

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