ken hansen wrote to me from mesquite, nevada, a town on the border of nevada and utah. he has problems and parts of his feet have been amputated. he can't go to the doctor because he makes too much to qualify for medicaid and too little to afford private insurance. i share with the senate exactly what ken wrote me." i'm very frustrated because it seems my only hope is that i die very soon. i can't afford to stay alive." end of quote. that's why this bill will expand medicaid to cover people like ken from mesquite, nevada. we're caught in the middle. i'm voting yes, because when someone tells me his only hope is to die, i think we have to take a close look at that. i can't look away. i cannot possibly do nothing. a man by the name of mike tracy lives in north las vegas, nevada. his 26-year-old son has been an insulin-dependent diabetic since he was a baby. the insurance mike's son gets through work won't cover his treatments and the tracys can't afford to buy insurance on their own. but their problems are about more than money. since they couldn't afford to treat his dia

ken wrote for me from mesquite, nev., a border town. heart problems and parts of his feet have been amputated. he cannot go to the doctor because he makes too much to qualify for medicaid into little for private insurance. i share with the senate what he wrote me. "i am very frustrated because it seems my only hope is that i very soon. i cannot afford to stay alive. that is the end of the quote. that is what this bill will expand medicaid to cover people like ken from nevada who are caught in the middle. i am voting yes because when someone tells me his only hope is to die, that means we have to take a close look at that. i cannot look away. i cannot possibly do nothing. a man by the name of mike lives in eastern nevada. his 26-year-old son has been insulin dependent in bed since he was a baby. the insurance his sentence for work will not cover his treatments. they cannot afford to buy more insurance. his and his troubles are more than just about money. they cannot afford to treat their sons diabetes, so it develop into another disease

s are taken care of, the cool teachers in mesquite, texas are not taken care of this under this legislation, they end up payering if the bailout. the big will get bigger and be given a political mission. your job will depend not so much on what you do at home but who you know in washington. one of the great free market economists of our time, nobel laureate, milton friedman said, quote, sooner or later, and perhaps sooner than many of us expect, an ever-bigger government would destroy prosperity that we owe to the free market. in the human freedom proclaimed so eloquently in the declaration of independence. unquote. that moment is here and we must vote for freedom and against this bill. the chair: the gentleman from massachusetts. the gentleman has 14 1/2 minutes. mr. frank: i yield myself such time as i may consume. first i have to deal with some of the misstatements we've heard. there's nothing in here that rations credit. there isn't even anything to refute because there's nothing they could even misinterpret, madam chair, about the rationing of credit. now some are particularly upset be