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| For Immediate Release | Contact | Phone |
| Sunday, March 21, 2010 | Ev Liebman | 856-966-3091 |
| Marilyn Carpinteyro | 732-246-4772 |
New Jersey Citizen Action, NJ Health Care For America Now and Partners Thank Congressmen Rothman, Pascrell, Sires, Payne, Pallone, Holt & Andrews For Voting to Pass Health Care Reform
With Their Historic "Yes" Votes, Representatives Rothman, Pascrell, Sires, Payne, Pallone, Holt and Andrews Prove They Listen to New Jersey's Working Families and Seniors and are Willing to Stand Up For Them
Shame on Congressmen Adler, Garrett, Frelinghuysen, Lance, Smith & LoBiondo for Trying to Deny Working Families and Seniors Health Care Reform
Representatives Adler, Garrett, Frelinghuysen, Lance, Smith & LoBiondo's "No" Vote Shows They are on the Side of Special Interests and Big Insurance, Not the People of New Jersey
Statement of Phyllis Salowe-Kaye, Executive Director, NJ Citizen Action
Highland Park, NJ — New Jersey Citizen Action, the state's largest independent citizen watchdog coalition and as part of Health Care for America Now (HCAN) — the nation's largest health care campaign — issued the following statement on tonight's historic passage of National Health Reform:
We are extremely proud of Congressmen Rothman, Pascrell, Sires, Payne, Pallone, Holt and Andrews for demonstrating courage and leadership by doing the right thing and voting 'yes' on health care reform. This is an historic moment for New Jersey and for America, and these Representatives have proved they are on our side by listening to the people of their districts and not the corporate lobbyists and big insurance companies. Thanks to their 'yes' votes, we can now look forward to the security of good health care at a price we can afford and not have to worry about being denied care or going bankrupt trying to pay for the care we need.
On the other hand and by voting against comprehensive health care reform in the U.S. House of Representatives, Adler, Garrett, Frelinghuysen, Lance, Smith & LoBiondo sent a clear message that they are more interested in working for the corporate lobbyists and special interests than for the people of their districts. Representatives Adler, Garrett, Frelinghuysen, Lance, Smith & LoBiondo should be ashamed of themselves. We should not have to worry that we are just one accident or illness away from going bankrupt. We should have the peace of mind that comes from knowing we can see a doctor when we get sick and our health care coverage is not going to be taken away from us when we need it most. It's a travesty that Congressmen Adler, Garrett, Frelinghuysen, Lance, Smith and LoBiondo have good, affordable health care for themselves and their families but think it's okay to deny us the same. Their vote against reform will not be forgotten. Now we know whose side they are really on.
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