mr. wexler: i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. wexler: thank you. i rise in strong support of the house democratic health care reform proposal. the united states currently spends, per capita, almost double the money on health care than any other industrialized nation on earth. despite all of this spending, 45 million americans languish without health care coverage. every day, 850 floridians and 14,000 americans are added to the ranks of the uninsured. since 2007 the number of floridians without coverage has grown by 15%. those who do have coverage face skyrocketing premiums, co-pays, and fees. in recent years, the average premium paid for a family in florida has spiked by $1,400. if we continue down this path, by 2017, health care spending will consume 20% of our nation's gross domestic product. the staggering cost of health care in america is simply unsustainable. businesses cannot compete. millions of americans go without care or receiv

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mr. wexler and mr. burton of indiana. a week ago last friday, july 17, two terrorists detonated suicide bombs inside two hotels in the central business district of djakarta. killing themselves and seven others and wounding over 50. it was the first successful attack in indonesia since 2005 and it comes at a time when the country has made substantial progress in the fight against terrorism. the attackers appear to have been targeting a conference of western businessmen meeting at the marriott and citizens of over a dozen countries, including eight americans, were injured in these horrific attacks. the majority of the victims were indonesian citizens going peacefully about their daily affairs. for my colleagues and me, these attacks hit pretty close to home because our commission had visited djakarta just two weeks before to continue. -- to continue the partnership we've been forging with them since 2006. we met with parliamentary leaders along with a number of newly elected members, discussing their progress toward democra

ranking member elian yab ros-lehtinen, and subcommittee chairs, gary ackerman, robert wexler, donald payne, bill delahunt, and mr. faleomavaega. as well as ranking members chris smith and dana rohrabacher, who all supported this resolution and demonstrated the pivotal political importance of positive partnerships with north africa and the middle east. mr. speaker, it's also my pleasure to welcome representatives of these states to washington, d.c., for the commission on security and cooperation in europe's mediterranean partners. as i speak, a reception is ongoing being hosted by the speaker of the house for these members who are here for this seminar. i thank our speaker as well. high level delegation from all over the mediterranean partner countries are participating in this seminar, along with the president of the osce parliamentary assembly, representatives of the greek chairmanship of the osce in office, and other osce participating states, including, chris, can stick stand -- cassic stand has representatives here. mr. speaker, for the past several years i served as parliamentary assembly special representa