[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2] [House] [Page 1597] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]CURRENT HEALTH CARE SYSTEM CANNOT BE SUSTAINED (Mr. AL GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the current system with reference to health care cannot be sustained. We are currently spending $2.5 trillion per year. That is a large number, difficult to get your mind around it. However, $79,000 a second is something that we all can understand. And by 2018 it will become $4.4 trillion per year. That would be $139,000 per second. For those who say, this is not my fight, I have good insurance, it may be that you have not utilized your insurance and you don't really know how good it isn't. For those who say I have insurance, I am okay, remember that 14,000 people per day lose their insurance. But for the grace of God, you may be one of the 14,000 people without insurance tomorrow. So please understand this is everybody's fight, because the economy of this country is dependent upon how we impact health care. Finally, this. In my State of Texas, 6 million are uninsured, 1.4 million children uninsured. This is inexcusable. There is a difference between something being unsustainable and being inexcusable. It is inexcusable. ____________________