Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, this beautiful child is Charlie. Charlie is an infant from Westport, Massachusetts. Charlie's dad has
a green card and his mom is an American citizen. Charlie's mom wrote me to share their family's Affordable Care Act
story, an important one, yet, in many respects, not that uncommon. When Charlie was born, his mother had to postpone her Ph.D. ambitions
because she needed a full-time job to support her family. Although she
has two master's degrees, she is working over 40 hours per week in a
restaurant. That restaurant doesn't offer benefits, so Charlie's mom
has to purchase her own health insurance policy for her family.
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