Honorable Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
United States Representative, Michigan, Democrat
Representative Kilpatrick, of the Thirteenth District of Michigan, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996. She served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1978 to 1996. She sits on the Appropriations Committee. The following is from the November 7, 2009, House floor debate on H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act. I rise today in support of H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, and ask all of my colleagues to support this historic bill before us that will expand coverage to 36 million uninsured Americans, ensure that patients and physicians make…
