[applause] i though what reform will mean for people like takoma canfield. when her insurance coverage raised her rates, she had to give up her coverage, even though she had beaten cancer 11 years earlier. they kept jacking up her rates. finally she thought she would lose her home. she was scared a sudden illness would leave to financial ruin. now she is lying in a hospital faced for paying for such an illness. she is praying she may get well. she knows it is time for reform. george mason, when you hear people saying, why don't we do this imcreemently? why don't we help the folks easiest to help? my ser is, the time for reform is now. we have rated long enough. [applause] >> we have waited long enough. and in just a few days a century-long struggle will culminate in an historic vote. plays we've had historic votes before. we have had historic votes in place to make sure our elderly did not live out their golden years in poverty. we had a historic bill in civil rights to make sure everybody was equal under the law. [applause] as messy as this process is, as f