| 00:00:00 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK. |
| 00:00:05 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM MICHIGAN. |
| 00:00:06 | MR. CONYERS: I'M PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE A SENIOR MEMBER OF THE JUDICIARY, SHEILA JACKSON LEE, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, FOR ONE AND A HALF MINUTES. |
| 00:00:14 | THE SPEAKER: THE GENTLELADY IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE AND A HALF MINUTES. |
| 00:00:27 | MS. JACKSON LEE: THERE IS NOTHING THAT ONE CAN DO WHEN YOU'RE DEBATING THIS BILL THAN TO BE CIVIL AND TO RESPECT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, WHO, MANY OF THEM ARE IN THE JAWS OF TERRIBLE DISEASE, REHABILITATION OR MAYBE SOME HAVE ALREADY LOST THEIR LIVES. |
| 00:00:51 | THIS REPEAL OF THIS BILL, JUST A COUPLE OF PAGES, WOULD RE-EMPHASIZE THAT THEY WOULD DIE. |
| 00:00:58 | A BILL THAT TALKS ABOUT JOBS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIVES. |
| 00:01:01 | SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE FOLLOW WHAT THE OPPONENTS OF THIS PROTECTION AND HEALTH CARE BILL DOES. |
| 00:01:12 | CONSUMER PROTECTION. |
| 00:01:13 | PATIENT PROTECTION. |
| 00:01:14 | AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HOLD THIS CONSTITUTION AND PROVE THAT IT IS CONSTITUTIONAL. |
| 00:01:22 | WELL, I COULD SAY THAT THERE ARE 1. |
| 00:01:25 | 1 MILLION JOBS ALREADY CREATED, THAT THE DEFICIT WILL BLOW UP $143 BILLION, TRILLION OVER -- A TRILLION OVER 20 YEARS, BUT I WANT TO REFER TO THE 14TH AMENDMENT THAT ALLOWS AND GUARANTEES EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW. |
| 00:01:41 | IF THIS BILL IS REPEAL, ED BURKE A HEMOPHILIAC WILL PROBABLY BE QUESTIONABLE BECAUSE HE WOULD HAVE LIFETIME CAPS. |
| 00:01:50 | OR MR. |
| 00:01:51 | LAND WHO IS ON MY HEALTH CARE TELECONFERENCE, WHERE 18,000 PEOPLE IN HARRIS COUNTY WERE CONTACTED. |
| 00:01:59 | MAYBE HE HAS A FAMILY OF SCHIZOPHRENICS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE CHILDREN THAT HAVE SCHIZOPHRENIA, MAYBE HE WOULD NOT BE GUARANTEED EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW. |
| 00:02:11 | I SAY THE CONSTITUTION NEEDS TO BE PROTECT. |
| 00:02:14 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLELADY'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. |
| 00:02:18 | MR. |
| 00:02:19 | CONYERS: I YIELD THE GENTLELADY 15 SECONDS. |
| 00:02:21 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLELADY IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 00:02:23 | MS. |
| 00:02:24 | JACKSON LEE: THANK YOU SO MUCH. |
| 00:02:25 | MAYBE THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND THIS ONSLAUGHT ON THEIR RIGHTS BECAUSE THE CONSTITUTION GUARANTEES THEM EQUAL PROTECTION AND SOME WHO HAVE INSURANCE AND SOME DO NOT ARE NOT TREATED EQUALLY. |
| 00:02:37 | FINALLY, LET ME SAY THAT TEXAS, THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE HAS SAID THAT THIS BILL HELPS TEXAS. |
| 00:02:43 | I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES FROM TEXAS WILL VOTE NOT TO REPEAL THIS BILL. |
| 00:02:46 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLELADY'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. |
| 00:02:49 | THE CHAIR WILL REMIND ALL MEMBERS NOT TO TRAFFIC THE WELL WHEN MEMBERS ARE SPEAKING FROM THE WELL. |
| 00:02:54 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS. |
| 00:02:56 | MR. SMITH: I YIELD TWO MINUTES TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM IOWA, MR. |
| 00:02:58 | KING A SENIOR MEMBER OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. |
| 00:03:03 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 00:03:05 | MR. KING: I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS, THE CHAIR OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. |
| 00:03:11 | IT'S A PLEASURE TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE AND SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE REPEAL OF OBAMACARE. |
| 00:03:15 | IT'S SOMETHING I HAVE WORKED ON EVERY DAY INCE IT PASSED LAST MARCH, IT'S LEGISLATION I INTRODUCED, I ASKED FOR THE DRAFT THE SAME DAY IT PASSED. |
| 00:03:24 | PEOPLE THOUGHT WE COULDN'T GET TO THIS POINT BUT WE ARE. |
| 00:03:28 | THE BILL DIDN'T GO THROUGH JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, WE DIDN'T ADDRESS THE TORT REFORM THAT'S SO ESSENTIAL IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING TO PUT HEALTH CARE BACK ON TRACK IN THIS COUNTRY AND WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, SERVING ON THE COMMRK I BELIEVE IT WAS 2005, WE PASSED LEGISLATION IN THE HOUSE THAT ADDRESSED THE LAWSUIT ABUSE THAT DRIVES UP THE COST OF OUR HEALTH CARE, IT DIDN'T GET TAKEN UP IN THE SENATE. |
| 00:03:49 | HERE WE ARE WITH A HUGE OBAMACARE BILL, READY TO VOTE TO REPEAL IT AND PART OF THE DISCUSSION NEEDS TO BE, WHY DIDN'T IT HAVE TORT REFORM IN IT? |
| 00:03:58 | WE ARE PREPARED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AS WE GO FORWARD. |
| 00:04:01 | WHEN I LOOK AT THE NUMBERS PRODUCED IN PART BY THE HEALTH INSURANCE UNDERWRITERS, THEY AND OTHERS WILL TELL ME THAT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 3. |
| 00:04:10 | 5% AND 8. |
| 00:04:11 | 5% OF THE OVERALL COST OF OUR HEALTH CARE GOES BECAUSE OF LAWSUIT ABUSE AND THE DEFENSIVE MEDICINE THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH IT. |
| 00:04:20 | I HAVE A FRIEND WHO TELLS ME THAT 95% OF THE M. |
| 00:04:25 | R.I.'S THAT HE ORDERS, HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE'S GOING TO SEE WHEN HE GETS INSIDE TO DO THE SURGERY BUT HE HAS TO DO THEM ANYWAY TO PROTECT HIMSELF FROM THAT 5% THAT MIAMI MIGHT END UP BEING IN LITIGATION -- FROM THAT 5% THAT MIGHT END UP BEING IN LATHE LITIGATION. |
| 00:04:41 | THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL -- LITIGATION. |
| 00:04:43 | THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION A YEAR. |
| 00:04:46 | WE MUST ADDRESS THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MANAGED COSTS AND THEN THE OTHER COMPONENT THAT IS JUDICIARY COMMITTEE COMPONENT OF THIS OBAMACARE LEGISLATION THAT IS ABOUT TO HAVE A VOTE ON REPEAL HERE THAT WE'RE DEBATING IS THE COMPONENTS THAT RUN CONSTITUTIONAL. |
| 00:05:03 | THE INDIVIDUAL MANDATE AS THE MOST EGREGIOUS COMPONENT OF OBAMACARE THAT COMPELS AMERICANS TO BUY A POLICY PRODUCED OR APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, VOTE NO ON THE BILL. |
| 00:05:15 | THANK YOU, MR. |
| 00:05:16 | SPEAKER. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. |
| 00:05:18 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM MICHIGAN. |
| 00:05:23 | MR. CONYERS: I'M PLEASED TO YIELD TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM GEORGIA, HANK JOHNSON, FOR 1 1/2 MINUTES, TO DEFEND THE OBAMACARE LEGISLATION. |
| 00:05:34 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR A MINUTE AND A HALF. |
| 00:05:37 | MR. JOHNSON: THANK YOU, MR. |
| 00:05:38 | SPEAKER. |
| 00:05:39 | AND THANK YOU, MR. |
| 00:05:40 | RANKING MEMBER. I RISE IN OPPOSITION TO THE REPEAL OF HEALTH REFORM. |
| 00:05:43 | REPEAL OF HEALTH CARE REFORM WOULD STRIP 32 MILLION AMERICANS OF HEALTH INSURANCE INCLUDING 139,000 RESIDENTS OF MY DISTRICT. |
| 00:05:53 | REPEAL WILL ALLOW INSURERS TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS AND RE-OPEN THE DOUGHNUT HOLE WHICH WOULD DEVASTATE JOSEPH WILLIAMS, A FORMER CORRECTIONS OFFICER IN MY DISTRICT, WHO RELIES ON MEDICARE FOR HIS PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. |
| 00:06:09 | I'LL BE VOTING AGAINST REPEAL AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO DO THE SAME. |
| 00:06:12 | AND I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 00:06:16 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME. |
| 00:06:22 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS. |
| 00:06:23 | MR. SMITH: I YIELD TWO MINUTES TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA, MR. |
| 00:06:26 | COBLE, WHO IS ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COURTS AND COMMERCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. |
| 00:06:33 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES. |
| 00:06:36 | MR. COBLE: I APPRECIATE THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS. |
| 00:06:38 | MR. SPEAKER WHEN WE DEBATED HEALTH CARE REFORM DURING THE 111TH CONGRESS, I MADE THE STATEMENT THAT WE NEED TO FINE TUNE THE EDGE AND NOT OVERHAUL IT. |
| 00:06:47 | I REITERATE THAT THEORY TODAY. |
| 00:06:50 | PRESIDENT OBAMA IN MY OPINION ELEVATED HEALTH CARE TO THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FACING AMERICA, MISTAKINGLY SO IN MY OPINION. |
| 00:06:58 | I THINK THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FACING AMERICA THEN AND NOW INVOLVES JOBS OR MORE PRECISELY LACK OF JOBS AND RECKLESS SPENDING. |
| 00:07:06 | THERE IS AGREEMENT FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. |
| 00:07:13 | THESE IMPROVEMENTS MUST ENHANCE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF CARE IN A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE MANNER. |
| 00:07:19 | THE LAW IMPLEMENTED LAST YEAR FAILED TO MEET THIS CRITERIA, PARTICULARLY THE ONEROUS 1099 TAX INCEDE ON SMALL BUSINESSES, THAT IS JUST ONE GLARING EXAMPLE. |
| 00:07:31 | BY REPEALING OBAMACARE, WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE MORE PRUDENT APPROACH OF FINE TUNING OUR HEALTH CARE LAW TO ENSURE THAT IT ENCOMPASSES SOUND PRINCIPLES. |
| 00:07:42 | MR. |
| 00:07:43 | SPEAKER, THIS WILL LIKELY BE AN OBVIOUS PARTISAN VOTE. |
| 00:07:45 | BUT IT ALSO SERVES A PURPOSE. |
| 00:07:48 | IT SENDS MESSAGE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT FIXING OUR BROKEN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. |
| 00:07:54 | PHYSICIANS DO THIS DAILY. |
| 00:07:56 | THEY MAKE A DIAGNOSIS AND FIX THE PROBLEM. |
| 00:08:00 | I SUPPORT THE PASSAGE OF H. |
| 00:08:01 | R. 4 BECAUSE CONGRESS SHOULD TAKE THE SAME APPROACH. |
| 00:08:05 | FIX THE PROBLEM. |
| 00:08:07 | MUCH ENERGY AND ATTENTION WAS DIRECTED TO THIS MATTER WHEN IT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DIRECTED TO JOBS AND RECKLESS SPENDING. |
| 00:08:15 | TOO LATE FOR THAT NOW. |
| 00:08:17 | BUT WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE VOTE I GUESS WILL BE TOMORROW AND I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 00:08:24 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME. |
| 00:08:27 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM MICHIGAN. |
| 00:08:28 | MR. CONYERS: MR. SPEAKER, I RECOGNIZE DR. |
| 00:08:29 | JUDY CHU OF CALIFORNIA, A VERY VALUABLE MEMBER OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 00:08:36 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLELADY FROM CALIFORNIA VOICED FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 00:08:40 | MS. CHU: THANK YOU, MR. |
| 00:08:41 | CHAIR. THE HEALTH CARE REPEAL ACT WILL HURT MANY PEOPLE BUT ESPECIALLY SENIORS. |
| 00:08:47 | IT RAISES COSTS FOR PRESCRIPTIONS AND PREVENTATIVE CARE, IT WEAKENS MEDICARE AND IT TAKES AWAY YOUR FREEDOM TO MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS, RETURNING YOUR HEALTH BACK TO THE HANDS OF INSURANCE COMPANIES. |
| 00:08:59 | AT THE START OF THIS YEAR, SENIORS BEGAN RECEIVING FREE PREVENTATIVE SERVICES SUCH AS MAMMOGRAMS AND AN ANNUAL EXAMPLE. |
| 00:09:08 | IF REPEAL SUCCEEDS, GOODBYE FREE CHECKUPS AND FREE LIFE-SAVING TESTS. |
| 00:09:13 | TODAY SENIORS IN THE MEDICARE DOUGHNUT HOLE ARE GETTING HALF OFF MANY BRAND NAME DRUGS. |
| 00:09:18 | BUT IF REPEAL PASSES, YOUR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ARE GOING TO DOUBLE AND THOSE WHO GET A $250 CHECK TO HELP COVER HIGH DRUG COSTS MIGHT EVEN HAVE TO PAY IT BACK. |
| 00:09:29 | THE ORIGINAL HEALTH REFORM BILL EXTENDED MEDICARE'S LIFE UNTIL 2029, BUT IF WE REPEAL IT, THE MEDICARE TRUST FUNDS BECOME INSOLVENT IN SIX SHORT YEARS. |
| 00:09:40 | THE PATIENTS RIGHT TO REPEAL ACT HURTS SENIORS. |
| 00:09:45 | IT'S DANGEROUS FOR AMERICA'S HEALTH. |
| 00:09:48 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLELADY YIELDS BACK. |
| 00:09:51 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS. |
| 00:09:52 | MR. SMITH: I YIELD TWO MINUTES TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS, MR. |
| 00:09:54 | POE, WHO IS ACTUALLY A MEMBER OF THREE SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. |
| 00:09:58 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES. |
| 00:10:01 | MR. POE: MR. SPEAKER, NEVER BEFORE IN THE HISTORY OF OUR GREAT COUNTRY HAS THE TAX BEEN LEVIED ON INDIVIDUAL AMERICANS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH THE PURPOSE OF FORCING CITIZENS TO DO SOMETHING THE GOVERNMENT WANTS THEM TO DO. |
| 00:10:12 | AND NEVER BEFORE HAS THE GOVERNMENT SELF-RIGHTEOUSLY ORDERED AMERICANS TO BUY A PRODUCT OR PAY A PUNITIVE FINE. |
| 00:10:19 | IN MY OPINION THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT GIVE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, EVEN WELL-INTENTIONED GOVERNMENT, THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE CITIZENS BUY ANY PRODUCT, WHETHER IT'S A CAR, WHETHER IT'S HEALTH INSURANCE OR EVEN WHETHER IT'S A BOX OF CHOCOLATES. |
| 00:10:34 | THE INDIVIDUAL MANDATE PROVISION OF THE HEALTH CARE BILL IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. |
| 00:10:38 | THE AUTHOR OF THE CONSTITUTION, JAMES MADISON, SAID, THE POWERS DELEGATED BY THE CONSTITUTION TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE FEW AND DEFINED. |
| 00:10:48 | THOSE THAT REMAIN TO STATE GOVERNMENTS ARE NUMEROUS AND INDEFINITE. |
| 00:10:51 | THE HEALTH CARE BILL IS A THEFT OF THE INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM TO CONTROL ONE'S HEALTH, TO HAVE IT NOW CONTROLLED BY GOVERNMENT. |
| 00:11:00 | BIG GOVERNMENT DOESN'T MEAN BETTER SHUTIONS -- SOLUTIONS. |
| 00:11:03 | IN FACT, AS SOMEONE HAS SAID, IT YOU THINK THE PROBLEM'S GOVERNMENT -- IF YOU THINK THE PROBLEMS GOVERNMENT CREATES ARE BAD, JUST WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS. |
| 00:11:11 | GOVERNMENT IS PARTIALLY TO BLAME FOR THE HEALTH CARE YY SIS AND THE NATIONALIZED HEALTH CARE -- CRISIS AND THE NATIONALIZE HEALTH CARE GOVERNMENT SOLUTION IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. |
| 00:11:21 | IF YOU LIKE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE POST OFFICE, THE COMPETENCE OF FEMA AND THE COMPASSION OF THE I. |
| 00:11:26 | R.S., WE WILL LOVE THE NATIONALIZED HEALTH CARE BILL. |
| 00:11:29 | CERTAINLY WHAT WE DO HERE IN CONGRESS SHOULD BE CONSTITUTIONAL AND WE SHOULD REPEAL THE HEALTH CARE BILL AND COME UP WITH CONSTITUTIONAL SOLUTIONS FOR HEALTH PROBLEMS. |
| 00:11:38 | AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS. |
| 00:11:40 | I YIELD BACK. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK. |
| 00:11:43 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM MICHIGAN. |
| 00:11:44 | MR. CONYERS: MR. |
| 00:11:45 | SPEAKER, I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONGRATULATE LAMAR SMITH ON BECOMING THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE DURING THE 112TH SESSION OF CONGRESS. |
| 00:11:58 | AND I TURN NOW TO THE FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL SUBCOMMITTEE, JERRY NADLER OF NEW YORK, AND I RECOGNIZE HIM FOR TWO MINUTES. |
| 00:12:08 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES. |
| 00:12:12 | MR. NADLER: I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR YIELDING. |
| 00:12:14 | MR. SPEAKER, I RISE IN OPPOSITION TO THE REPUBLICAN EFFORT TO DENY 32 MILLION AMERICANS HEALTH CARE, TO DENY MILLIONS OF MIDDLE CLASS AMERICANS THE ABILITY TO GET HEALTH CARE INSURANCE IF THEY HAVE CAN PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS AND TO DRIVE UP OUR NATIONAL DEBT BY AN ADDITIONAL $1. |
| 00:12:27 | 4 TRILLION OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS. |
| 00:12:30 | THE AFFORDABLE CARE WAST ACT WITH A STAVE OFF THE 55% OF BANKRUPTCY CAUSED BY HEALTH CARE EMERGENCIES. |
| 00:12:37 | BY BANNING RESCISSIONS, BANNING PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS, BANNING LIFETIME COVERAGE CAPS AND CAPPING ANNUAL OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES THIS LAW ENSURES NOBODY WILL GO BROKE IF THEY GET SICK. |
| 00:12:47 | THIS WILL SAVE LIVES OF THE APPROXIMATELY 45,000 AMERICANS WHO DIE EVERY YEAR BECAUSE THEY LACK HEALTH INSURANCE. |
| 00:12:55 | FOR AMERICAN SENIORS, THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT STRENGTHENS THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. |
| 00:12:58 | SENIORS NO LONGER PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR PREVENTATIVE SERVICES AND THE DOUGH NULL HOLE WILL BE CLOSED. |
| 00:13:07 | THE NOTICE TO SMALL BUSINESSES WILL GET BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TAX CREDITS TO HELP THEM PROVIDE HEALTH COVERAGE TO THEIR EMPLOYEES, UNLESS OF COURSE THE REPUBLICANS ARE SUCCESSFUL IN ENACTING A MASSIVE TAX INCREASE ON SMALL BUSINESSES BY REPEALING THE LAW. |
| 00:13:20 | WE DID ALL THIS AND MORE WHILE REDUCING THE DEFICIT BY WHAT C. |
| 00:13:22 | B.O. NOW ESTIMATES WILL BE $230 BILLION IN THE FIRST 10 YEARS AND $1. |
| 00:13:26 | 2 TRILLION IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS. |
| 00:13:28 | THE REPUBLICANS SAY THE BILL IS AN UNPRECEDENTED OR UNCONSTITUTIONAL EXPANSION OF CONGRESSIONAL POWER. |
| 00:13:35 | THEY ARE WRONG. THERE'S NOTHING RADICAL, DANGEROUS OR UNCONSTITUTIONAL ABOUT THE ACT. |
| 00:13:40 | WE HAVE THE POWER TO ENACT THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INCLUDING ITS MINIMUM COVERAGE REQUIREMENT UNDER THE COMMERCE, NECESSARY AND PROPER GENERAL WELFARE CLAUSE OF ARTICLE 1, SECTION 8 OF THE CONSTITUTION. |
| 00:13:52 | SIMILAR ATTACKS WERE LEVIED AGAINST THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT OF 1935 SAYING IT WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR THE SAME REASONS. |
| 00:13:58 | THOSE ARGUMENTS WERE UNSOUNDED A REJECTED THEN AND WILL FAIR NO BETTER TODAY. |
| 00:14:02 | INDEED, LEADING REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS CHAMPIONED INDIVIDUAL MANDATES AS PART OF THEIR HEALTH EQUITY AND ACCESS REFORM TODAY ACT OF 1983. |
| 00:14:12 | THE REQUIREMENT OF INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATION WAS VALID THEN AND IT IS VALID NOW. |
| 00:14:17 | FOR ALL OF THESE REASONS I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE NO ON THIS MISGUIDED REPEAL BILL. |
| 00:14:24 | I THANK YOU AND YIELD BACK. |
| 00:14:25 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. |
| 00:14:27 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS. |
| 00:14:28 | MR. SMITH: MR. |
| 00:14:29 | SPEAKER, I YIELD TWO MINUTES TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA, MR. |
| 00:14:31 | LUNGREN SWHORKS A CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE. |
| 00:14:33 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES. |
| 00:14:36 | MR. |
| 00:14:37 | LUNGREN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. |
| 00:14:38 | SPEAKER. |
| 00:14:39 | MR. SPEAKER, IN THE SCOPE OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM OF GOVERNING, THE CONGRESS IS A BODY WHOSE POWER IS DEFINED WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF IMNUMERATED POWERS AND THIS IS MORE THAN A MATTER OF STRUCTURAL MECHANICS BECAUSE IT GOES TO THE HEART OF THE ISSUE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWER. |
| 00:14:56 | OR OF IF ONE PREFERS THE SLIP SIDE OF THE COIN, PERSONAL FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY. |
| 00:15:02 | IF GOVERNMENT HAS THE POWER TO REQUIRE THAT YOU BUY ITEM A, IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE LESS ABLE TO BUY ITEM B, C, D OR ANYTHING ELSE. |
| 00:15:13 | NOW ECONOMISTS WOULD CALL THIS THE OPPORTUNITY COSTS OR FOREGONE GOODS OR SERVICES. |
| 00:15:21 | BUT THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION IS THE QUESTION OF FREEDOM TO CHOOSE HOW WE AS INDIVIDUALS WILL SPEND THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOR. |
| 00:15:31 | CERTAINLY THE COMMERCE CLAUSE LAX THE ELASSITIESITY THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE A REQUIREMENT THAT EVERY AMERICAN BUY HEALTH INSURANCE WHICH CONFORMS TO THE DICTATES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD CHANGE IT ON A YEARLY BASIS. |
| 00:15:47 | SUCH AN INTERPRETATION WOULD RENDER THE NATION ARTICULATED BY JAMES MADISON AND FEDERALIST 45 THAT IS ONE OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT ANALITY. |
| 00:15:58 | I KNOW WE HAVE SMART PEOPLE HERE. |
| 00:16:00 | I KNOW WE HAVE THOSE IN THE ADMINISTRATION WHO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS TOTALLY CONSTITUTIONAL. |
| 00:16:05 | BUT FRANKLY, MR. |
| 00:16:07 | SPEAKER, MY BET GOES WITH JAMES MADISON. |
| 00:16:11 | HE DID SAY THAT THE POWERS DELEGATED BY THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE FEW AND DEFINED. |
| 00:16:16 | HE DID SAY THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL BE EXERCISING THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES PRINCIPALLY ON EXTERNAL OBJECTS AS WAR, PEACE NEGOTIATIONS AND FOREIGN COMMERCE AND THE STATES WOULD DO MUCH ELSE. |
| 00:16:32 | THEN WE HAVE THE 10TH AMENDMENT, LATER ADOPTED. |
| 00:16:36 | WHICH SAID AGAIN THAT THIS IS A GOVERNMENT OF LIMITED, IMNUMERATED POWERS. |
| 00:16:42 | NOW EITHER THE 10TH AMENDMENT MEANS SOMETHING OR IT MEANS NOTHING AND EITHER JAMES MADISON KNOWS WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT OR HE DOES NOT. |
| 00:16:50 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. |
| 00:16:53 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM MICHIGAN. |
| 00:16:54 | MR. CONYERS: MR. |
| 00:16:55 | SPEAKER, I'M PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE THE GENTLEMAN FROM MARYLAND, THE RANKING MEMBER OF GOVERNMENT REFORM, ELIJAH CUMMINGS, FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 00:17:05 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 00:17:08 | MR. |
| 00:17:09 | CUMMINGS: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. |
| 00:17:10 | SPEAKER. |
| 00:17:11 | I RISE BEFORE YOU IN OPPOSITION TO THE BILL WE ARE CONSIDERING TODAY. |
| 00:17:14 | I'VE HEARD FROM MANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE BENEFITS OF THIS LAW. |
| 00:17:18 | CHILDREN WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER BEING DENIED ACCESS TO PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE. |
| 00:17:26 | MAFRLEDE SMALL BUSINESSES OFFERING HEALTH INSURANCE TO THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A 35% TAX CREDIT. |
| 00:17:31 | FURTHER RAVERPBINGING MEMBER OF COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT -- FURTHER, AS RANKING MEMBER OF COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AND OVERSIGHT REFORM, I KNOW THAT THIS WOULD ELIMINATE THE PRIVATE HEALTH PLAN PROVIDING COVERAGE FOR MANY UNINSURED AMERICANS WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. |
| 00:17:46 | I FIND IT REPUGNANT THAT REPUBLICANS WANT TO STRIP AMERICANS OF THIS LAW'S PROTECTIONS THAT WILL SAVE THE LIVES OF OUR FELLOW CITIZENS. |
| 00:17:54 | I URGE A NO VOTE ON THIS BILL AND I YIELD BACK. |
| 00:17:57 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK. |
| 00:18:00 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS. |
| 00:18:01 | MR. SMITH: MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD TWO MINUTES TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS, MR. |
| 00:18:03 | GOHMERT. |
| 00:18:04 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES. |
| 00:18:07 | MR. GOHMERT: THANK YOU, MR. |
| 00:18:09 | SPEAKER. |
| 00:18:10 | LESS WE FORGET, THIS IS THE DISASTER THAT WE'RE TOLD WOULD BE REPUGNANT IT STARTED OUT AS AN ACT TO AMEND THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS' CREDIT OF THE U. |
| 00:18:31 | S. ARMED FORCES. |
| 00:18:32 | WE TOOK A BILL THAT WAS DESIGNED TO HELP VETERANS AND THE SENATE STRIPPED IT ALL OUT AND STUCK IN THIS DISASTER OF A HEALTH CARE BILL, JUST AS WE HEARD IN THE LATE 1990'S THAT YOU CAN'T PASS WELFARE REFORM, YOU'LL LEAVE WOMEN WITHOUT ANYTHING, YOU HEARTLESS, MEAN PEOPLE. |
| 00:18:51 | IT WAS BECAUSE PEOPLE HERE HAD HEARTS AND WANTED TO SEE WOMEN WITH CHILDREN DOING BETTER THAT WELFARE REFORM HAD TO BE DONE. |
| 00:19:02 | IT WAS SENT TO THE PRESIDENT AND WOULDN'T SIGN IT AND FINALLY HE SIGNED IT. |
| 00:19:06 | AND FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE GREAT SOCIETY LEGISLATION CAME ABOUT, AFTER 30 YEARS OF FLATLINING WHEN ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION, SINGLE WOMEN WITH CHILDREN, AFTER WELFARE REFORM BEGAN TO HAVE INCREASES IN INCOME. |
| 00:19:24 | WE HEARD ALL THE NAYSAYERS THEN AND WE ARE HEARING THEM NOW. |
| 00:19:30 | IT'S BECAUSE WE WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE THE BEST HEALTH CARE. |
| 00:19:33 | IT'S BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID WHEN HE TOLD THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS BEFORE IT PASSED, GEE, YOU GO TO THE DOCTOR NOW AND HAVE FIVE TESTS, AFTER THIS BILL, YOU'LL GO AND GET ONE TEST. |
| 00:19:47 | MY MOTHER HAD TO HAVE SIX DAYS TO FIND HER TUMOR. |
| 00:19:53 | I WANT HEALTH CARE TO BE LEGISLATED THE WAY THE PRESIDENT PROMISED IT WOULD BE AND ONCE WE GET THIS DISASTER OUT OF THE WAY, NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES WE HAVE TO SEND IT, IT WILL BE TIME TO PASS A BILL THAT GETS REAL HEALTH CARE REFORM. |
| 00:20:09 | I YIELD BACK. |
| 00:20:13 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM MICHIGAN. |
| 00:20:16 | MR. CONYERS: I RECOGNIZE REPRESENTATIVE SEWELL FROM ALABAMA FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 00:20:24 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 00:20:27 | MS. |
| 00:20:28 | SEWELL: I RISE IN OPPOSITION TO REPEAL THIS LEGISLATION THAT HAS HELPED SO MANY CONSTITUENTS OF MINE. |
| 00:20:35 | NEARLY TWO WEEKS AGO, I WAS HONORED BY BEING SWORN IN AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 7TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF ALABAMA. |
| 00:20:42 | ON DAY ONE, I RECEIVED NUMEROUS CALLS FROM MY CONSTITUENTS URGING ME TO OPPOSE THIS REPEAL AND I HEARD FROM COUNTLESS VOICES THAT THE HEALTH CARE THAT HAS BEEN ENACTED HAS HELPED THEM. |
| 00:20:55 | LET ME TELL YOU A STORY. |
| 00:20:59 | BOTH ARE ON MEDICARE. |
| 00:21:04 | MR. |
| 00:21:06 | CHEETHAM HAVE SUFFERED SEVERAL HEART ATTACKS. |
| 00:21:11 | DURING SEVERAL OF THE PROVISIONS IN THE AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE ACT HAS HELPED THEM TO GET THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS. |
| 00:21:18 | NOW THEY DON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN PUTTING FOOD ON THE TABLE, GAS IN THEIR CARS OR PAYING FOR THEIR MEDICATION. |
| 00:21:25 | THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS STRENGTHENING OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND IS SAVING THE LIVES OF MANY MANY IN MY DISTRICT. |
| 00:21:35 | I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE KNOW ON THIS RESOLUTION. |
| 00:21:38 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS. |
| 00:21:40 | MR. SMITH: I YIELD TWO MINUTES TO THE THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA, MR. |
| 00:21:47 | GOODLATTE. |
| 00:21:48 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA IS RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES. |
| 00:21:52 | MR. GOODLATTE: I THANK THE CHAME FOR YIELDING. |
| 00:21:54 | I RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS LEGISLATION, WHICH REPEALS THE SWEEPING HEALTH CARE REFORM LAW RAMMED THROUGH CONGRESS LAST YEAR. |
| 00:22:02 | THIS NEW LAW AMOUNTS TO A BIG GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, ONE THAT WILL LEAD TO FEWER CHOICES, HIGHER PRICES AND RATIONED CARE AND CREATES MORE THAN 150 NEW GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS AT A COST OF WELL OVER $1. |
| 00:22:18 | 2 TRILLION. |
| 00:22:19 | IT INCLUDES OVER $560 BILLION INDEFINITE STATING NEW TAX INCREASES AND CUTS MEDICARE BY OVER $500 BILLION. |
| 00:22:29 | AMERICANS ARE FRUSTRATED BY RISING HEALTH CARE COSTS. |
| 00:22:32 | WE MUST REPEAL THE NEW HEALTH CARE LAW THAT KILLS JOBS, RAISES TAXES AND CAUSES SENIORS TO LOSE THE COVERAGE THEY HAVE AND INCREASES THE COSTS OF HEALTH CARE COVERAGE. |
| 00:22:46 | WE MUST REPLACE IT WITH COMMONSENSE REFORMS THAT LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS AND EMPOWER PATIENTS. |
| 00:22:53 | FOR THOSE WHO ARGUE THAT SOMEHOW THIS IS GOING TO SAVE THE TAXPAYERS' MONEY, THINK OF THE MANDATES THAT ARE NOT COVERED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. |
| 00:23:02 | THINK OF THE FACT THAT IT IS NOT CREDIBLE AT A TIME WHEN SENIOR CITIZENS AND BABY BOOMERS ARE GOING TO RETIRE IN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBERS TO TAKES $500 BILLION OUT OF THE MEDICARE PROGRAM AND THINK OF THE JOBS BEING LOST BECAUSE THE TAXES ON THIS ARE ALREADY BEING PUT INTO PLACE. |
| 00:23:23 | YET THE BENEFITS DON'T OCCUR FOR FOUR YEARS. |
| 00:23:26 | THAT LEGISLATION WAS SMOKING MIRRORS. |
| 00:23:29 | THIS LEGISLATION REPEALS IT. |
| 00:23:30 | WE SHOULD SORT IT AND THEN START ANEW ON COMMONSENSE REFORMS AND I YIELD BACK. |
| 00:23:38 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME. |
| 00:23:41 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM MICHIGAN. |
| 00:23:42 | MR. CONYERS: I RECOGNIZE THE GENTLEMAN FROM IOWA, MR. |
| 00:23:45 | BRALEY, FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 00:23:46 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 00:23:48 | MR. |
| 00:23:49 | BRALEY: I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR YIELDING. |
| 00:23:51 | I WANT TO SHOW THE FACE OF THE REPEAL OF HEALTH CARE. |
| 00:23:55 | THIS IS TUCKER WRIGHT FROM IOWA, HE IS FOUR YEARS OLD AND TWO YEARS AGO BEFORE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WAS PASSED, HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LIVER CANCER AND HAD 2/3 OF HIS LIVER REMOVED AND HE FACES A LONG AND UNCERTAIN MEDICAL FUTURE. |
| 00:24:13 | BUT ON JANUARY 2 OF THIS YEAR, BECAUSE WE PASSED THE AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE ACT, TUCKER'S FATHER BRETT WAS ABLE TO CHANGE JOBS BECAUSE HE NO LONGER HAD TO WORRY ABOUT THE STIGMA OF PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. |
| 00:24:28 | NOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT REPEALING THIS BILL, I TELL YOU WHY IT'S NOT A GOOD DEAL FOR TUCKER WRIGHT, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH OUR FRIENDS TALK ABOUT WANTING TO FIX SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY NOW THINK ARE IMPORTANT, THE FIRST THING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO TUCKER WRIGHT AND HIS FAMILY AS SOON AS THIS BILL IS REPEALED IS HIS FAMILY WILL GET A RECISION LETTER FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY BECAUSE THEY WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INSURANCE TO THIS YOUNG BOY BECAUSE HE HAS PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. |
| 00:24:59 | THAT'S WHY THIS BILL IS A BAD IDEA AND I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO AND THINK ABOUT TUCKER WRIGHT. |
| 00:25:07 | I YIELD BACK. |
| 00:25:08 | MR. |
| 00:25:09 | SMITH: MADAM SPEAKER, HOW MUCH TIME REMAINS. |
| 00:25:12 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS HAS 5 1/2 MINUTES. |
| 00:25:15 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM MICHIGAN HAS 8 1/2 MINUTES. |
| 00:25:18 | MR. |
| 00:25:19 | SMITH: I RESERVE OUR TIME. |
| 00:25:21 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM MICHIGAN. |
| 00:25:31 | MR. |
| 00:25:32 | CONYERS: MR. WALZ OF MINNESOTA IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 00:25:36 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM MINNESOTA IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 00:25:39 | MR. |
| 00:25:40 | WALZ: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. |
| 00:25:42 | I RISE TODAY TO STATE MY STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE REPEALING OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. |
| 00:25:46 | IT WILL ELIMINATE CONSUMER PROTECTIONS, RAISE TAXES ON SMALL BUSINESSES, EXPLODE DEFICITS AND PUT INSURANCE C. |
| 00:25:56 | E.O.'S BETWEEN AMERICANS AND THEIR DOCTOR. |
| 00:25:59 | I REPRESENT MAYO CLINIC. |
| 00:26:01 | THEY ARE A SYMBOL WHEN WE DELIVER THE WORLD'S HIGHEST QUALITY CARE AT THE MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE COSTS. |
| 00:26:07 | WHEN WE PASSED THIS LAW LAST YEAR, THEY SAID IT WAS A GOOD FIRST STEP AND I AGREE. |
| 00:26:11 | NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO STEP BACKWARDS. |
| 00:26:14 | FOLKS IN MY DISTRICT ARE SEEING THE BENEFITS OF THIS LAW. |
| 00:26:19 | SENIORS HAVE HELP FOR GETTING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND SAVING MONEY AND JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM A DAD IN MY DISTRICT NAMED PAUL. |
| 00:26:28 | HIS SON IS 21, WORKS PART-TIME AND HAS DIABETES. |
| 00:26:32 | JOE COULDN'T GET THE INSURANCE HE NEEDED TO PAY FOR THE EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT HE NEEDS TO STAY HEALTHY AND ALIVE. |
| 00:26:38 | PAUL SAID THANK YOU FOR PASSING THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. |
| 00:26:42 | BECAUSE OF THE LAW, JOE GOT BACK ON HIS PARENTS' INSURANCE. |
| 00:26:47 | A VOTE TO REPEAL THIS LEGISLATION PULLS THAT CARD AWAY. |
| 00:26:52 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS. |
| 00:26:53 | MR. |
| 00:26:54 | SMITH: I YIELD ONE MINUTE TO THE THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK, MR. |
| 00:26:59 | REED, NEW MEMBER OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. |
| 00:27:02 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 00:27:04 | MR. REED: I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE REPEAL OF THE JOB-KILLING OBAMACARE LEGISLATION. |
| 00:27:10 | THIS BILL IS A WHOPPING 2,500 PAGES OF OF NEW SPENDING AND GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY. |
| 00:27:20 | RUSHED TO APPROVAL AFTER ONLY 48 HOURS OF ARM TWISTING AND DEAL MAKING. |
| 00:27:25 | UNFORTUNATELY, JUST AS REPUBLICANS PREDICTED, THIS LEGISLATION DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO ADDRESS THE REAL PROBLEM IN THE HEALTH CARE, ITS COSTS. |
| 00:27:34 | REPUBLICANS HAVE ADVOCATED FOR TORT REFORM TO BE INCLUDED IN ANY LEGISLATION, FOR JUST AS LONG THOSE WHO HAVE WROTE THIS LEGISLATION HAVE IGNORED THE NEED FOR TORT REFORM. |
| 00:27:46 | THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATES TORT REFORM INITIATIVES COULD SAVE $54 BILLION. |
| 00:27:52 | I WILL SAY THAT THE OTHER SIDE ATTEMPTED TO REFORM TORT REFORM BY PROVIDING $50 MILLION FOR STATES TO CONSIDER THE CONCEPT OF TOFERT REFORM. |
| 00:28:02 | HERE WE GO AGAIN, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHAT'S WRONG WITH WASHINGTON, SPENDING $50 MILLION HOW TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SAVE MONEY. |
| 00:28:11 | REPUBLICANS HAVE A BETTER PLAN, WHICH ONE WHICH REDUCES HEALTH CARE COSTS. |
| 00:28:18 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. |
| 00:28:20 | MR. SMITH: I YIELD TO THE JAR 30 SECONDS. |
| 00:28:22 | REED REED AMERICAN -- MR. |
| 00:28:28 | REED: GETS LAWYERS AND BUREAUCRATS OUT OF OUR LAWYERS. |
| 00:28:32 | LET'S REPEAL THE BILL AND FOCUS ON BIPARTISAN INITIATIVES LIKE FIXING THE DOUGHNUT HOLE AND WITHOUT SPENDING AN ADDITIONAL $50 MILLION. |
| 00:28:44 | UNTIL WE DO SO, JOBS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LOST. |
| 00:28:47 | I YIELD BACK. |
| 00:28:48 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME. |
| 00:28:51 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM MICHIGAN. |
| 00:28:52 | MR. CONYERS: WE RECOGNIZE FOR ONE MINUTE THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI, RUST CARNAHAN. |
| 00:28:57 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 00:29:07 | MR. |
| 00:29:08 | CARNAHAN: I RISE IN STRONG OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL THAT WOULD HURT SMALL BUSINESSES IN MISSOURI WHO ARE FINALLY IMAGINING ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE COVERAGE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES. |
| 00:29:18 | THE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FOR SMALL FIRMS HAS INCREASED AT MORE THAN 12%. |
| 00:29:24 | THOSE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WILL LOSE TAX CREDITS THAT ARE PROVIDING UP TO 50% OF THEIR HEALTH CARE COSTS AND WILL HAVE TO DROP THE VERY HEALTH INSURANCE THEY HAVE NOW BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES. |
| 00:29:35 | THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE. |
| 00:29:37 | PEOPLE LIKE MICHELLE BARRON, WHO OWNS A BOOK STORE. |
| 00:29:42 | SHE USED TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE, BUT OVER THE YEARS, COULDN'T KEEP UP. |
| 00:29:47 | SHE HAD TO DROP EMPLOYEES AND FINALLY DROP HER OWN COVERAGE BECAUSE OF PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. |
| 00:29:53 | LAST YEAR WHEN THE HEALTH CARE BILL WAS SIGNED INTO LAW, NEW OPTIONS OPENED UP FOR ISSUE ELL AND OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS LIKE HER. |
| 00:30:00 | IF WE REPEAL HEALTH CARE, IT WILL TURN BACK THE CLOCK FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. |
| 00:30:06 | INSURERS WILL GO BACK TO DENYING COVERAGE FOR PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WOULD LOSE TAX CREDITS TO MAKE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE AFFORDABLE. |
| 00:30:17 | WE CAN'T GO BACK TO INSURANCE COMPANY CONTROL. |
| 00:30:19 | THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO STEP BACKWARDS. |
| 00:30:22 | I YIELD BACK. |
| 00:30:23 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS. |
| 00:30:25 | MR. SMITH: I YIELD ONE MINUTE TO THE THE GENTLEMAN FROM ARIZONA, MR. |
| 00:30:31 | QUAYLE. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 00:30:33 | MR. |
| 00:30:34 | QUAYLE: I RISE IN SUPPORT OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 2. |
| 00:30:36 | LAST YEAR, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND AGAINST THE WILL OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY OF THE 111TH CONGRESS PASSED A BILL THAT FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGES THE DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP AND PASSED THE BILL THAT WILL INCREASE THE COST OF HEALTH CARE AND EXPLODE OUR NATIONAL DEBT. |
| 00:30:51 | THEY PASSED THE BILL THAT EXPANDS THE SCOPE OF GOVERNMENT WELL BEYOND THE PARAMETERS SET FORTH IN THE CONSTITUTION. |
| 00:30:58 | THE GENIUS OF OUR CONSTITUTION, THAT THIS WILL DOCUMENT DIDN'T SET FORTH WHAT THE GOVERNMENT MUST DO FOR US BUT RATHER THE GOVERNMENT CAN'T DO TO US. |
| 00:31:08 | TO REQUIRE EVERY INDIVIDUAL TO ENTER WITHIN A COMMERCIAL CONTRACT FALLS WITHIN THAT CATEGORY. |
| 00:31:16 | THE PEOPLE OF MY DISTRICT UNDERSTANDS THIS, JUST AS THEY UNDERSTAND OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM NEEDS REFORMS THAT WILL REDUCE COSTS AND INCREASE ACCESS. |
| 00:31:25 | UNFORTUNATELY, THE HEALTH CARE BILL THAT WAS PASSED WILL INCREASE COSTS AND INCREASE OUR NATIONAL DEBT. |
| 00:31:30 | THOSE WHO DRAFTED THE BILL WILL TRY TO CONCEAL THE TRUE COSTS FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, BUT IF YOU LOOK BEYOND, THAT BILL INCREASES OUR DEBT BY $701 BILLION. |
| 00:31:42 | IT IS TIME TO GET OUR COUNTRY BACK ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND H. |
| 00:31:46 | R. 2 IS THE NECESSARY STEP TO FULFILLING THAT MISSION. |
| 00:31:50 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. |
| 00:31:52 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM MICHIGAN. |
| 00:31:53 | MR. CONYERS: I RECOGNIZE THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLELADY FROM FLORIDA, DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ FOR TWO MINUTES. |
| 00:32:04 | MS. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: THANK YOU MADAM SPEAKER. |
| 00:32:07 | IT'S IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS THE NOTION OF JOB KILLING VERSUS JOB CREATING. |
| 00:32:12 | WE HAVE HEARD A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE TITLE OF THIS BILL AND THE JOBS THAT IT SUPPOSEDLY KILLS. |
| 00:32:19 | LET'S LOOK AT THE FACTS HERE THOUGH, OF THE 1. |
| 00:32:23 | 1 MILLION PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS DOCUMENTED THAT WERE CREATED LAST YEAR, 200,000 OF THOSE WERE IN THE HEALTH CARE SECTOR OR 1/5. |
| 00:32:33 | WE HAD AN AVERAGE OF 20,000 JOBS PER MONTH CREATED IN THE HEALTH CARE SECTOR ALONE OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST TWO YEARS. |
| 00:32:41 | THERE HAVE BEEN NO JOB LOSSES IN THE HEALTH CARE SECTOR, NONE. |
| 00:32:45 | AND I CHALLENGE OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE, ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE OF THE AISLE WHO ARE ADVOCATING THE REPEAL OF HEALTH CARE REFORM ON THE PREMISE THAT IT IS A JOB KILLER, TO NAME ONE AREA OF HEALTH CARE, ONE, WHERE THERE HAD BEEN JOB LOSSES. |
| 00:33:01 | I WOULD SUSPECT THAT WE WOULD HEAR CRICKETS CHIRPING BECAUSE THERE ARE NONE. |
| 00:33:09 | THERE ISN'T A SINGLE AREA, NOT BEFORE AND NOT SINCE. |
| 00:33:12 | AND ALSO, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS THE COMMENTS FROM THE THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS, MR. |
| 00:33:19 | GOHMERT, WHO STATED PRESIDENT OBAMA TOLD THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS THAT HEALTH CARE REFORM WOULD ALLOW US TO SHRINK FIVE TESTS PERFORMED ON A PATIENT TO ONE. |
| 00:33:30 | THAT IS NOT TRUE. |
| 00:33:31 | THAT NEVER HAPPENED. |
| 00:33:33 | HE NEVER SAID THAT AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ENTITLED TO OUR OPINIONS, BUT NOT TO OUR OWN FACTS. |
| 00:33:41 | I SUSPECT THAT OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE ARE MAKING UP THEIR OWN FACTS, BECAUSE THEIR ARGUMENTS DON'T STAND ON THE STRENGTH OF THEIR IDEAS AND AREN'T STRONG ENOUGH TO STAND ON THEIR OWN. |
| 00:33:53 | I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO CLEAR THAT UP, MR. |
| 00:33:56 | SPEAKER. AND I YIELD BACK. |
| 00:34:02 | . MR. |
| 00:34:03 | SMITH: MR. |
| 00:34:04 | SPEAKER, I YIELD ONE MINUTE TO MR. |
| 00:34:06 | GRIFFIN, MAYBE OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. |
| 00:34:07 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM ARKANSAS IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 00:34:11 | MR. GRIFFITH: MR. |
| 00:34:12 | SPEAKER, I THANK -- MR. |
| 00:34:17 | GRIFFIN: I BELIEVE WE NEED HEALTH CARE REFORM BADLY. |
| 00:34:19 | BUT THE LAW WE GOT ISN'T WHAT WE NEED. |
| 00:34:22 | THIS IS WHY I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF H. |
| 00:34:25 | R. 2, TO REPEAL THE CURRENT HEALTH CARE LAW. |
| 00:34:29 | THE HEALTH CARE LAW PROVIDES FOR AN INCREASED GOVERNMENT ROLE AND WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD TO DECISIONS MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT INSTEAD OF DOCTORS AND PATIENTS. |
| 00:34:38 | IT IGNORES THE ISSUE OF COST. |
| 00:34:39 | IT WAS LOADED WITH GIMMICKS TO MAKE IT SEEM DEFICIT-NEUTRAL. |
| 00:34:43 | BUT ONCE THOSE ARE ACCOUNTED FOR, WE FIND THAT IT ADDS OVER $700 BILLION TO THE DEFICIT IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS. |
| 00:34:50 | THE HEALTH CARE LAW AND ESPECIALLY THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE HANDICAPS OUR ABILITY TO GROW JOBS. |
| 00:34:57 | SMALL BUSINESSES WILL BE HIT HARDEST BECAUSE THEY OPERATE ON THE TIGHTEST MARGINS AND WILL HAVE THE TOUGHEST TIME COMPLYING WITH THE ONEROUS REGULATIONS. |
| 00:35:06 | MANY OF THE REGULATIONS ARE STILL NOT WRITTEN, CREATING UNCERTAINTY FOR EMPLOYERS. |
| 00:35:13 | WE MUST REPEAL THE LAW AND REPLACE IT WITH ONE THAT LOWERS COSTS, PRESERVES THE DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP -- THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. |
| 00:35:22 | MR. SMITH: I YIELD THE GENTLEMAN AN ADDITIONAL 30 SECONDS. |
| 00:35:24 | MR. |
| 00:35:25 | GRIFFIN: THANK YOU, MR. |
| 00:35:26 | CHAIRMAN. LETS AMERICANS KEEP THE COVERAGE THEY HAVE, ALLOWS THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO CREATE JOBS AND FOLLOWS THE CONSTITUTION. |
| 00:35:31 | THANK YOU, I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 00:35:34 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK. |
| 00:35:36 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM MICHIGAN. |
| 00:35:37 | MR. CONYERS: MADAM SPEAKER, I YIELD ROB ANDREWS OF NEW JERSEY ONE MINUTE. |
| 00:35:45 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW JERSEY IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 00:35:49 | MR. ANDREWS: I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO REVISE AND EXTEND MY REMARKS. |
| 00:35:52 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. |
| 00:35:54 | MR. ANDREWS: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. |
| 00:35:56 | MADAM SPEAKER, AS WE MEET THIS AFTERNOON THERE ARE 15 MILLION UNEMPLOYED AMERICANS. |
| 00:35:59 | AND NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO IN THIS COUNTRY, YOU HEAR THAT THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN OF OUR CONSTITUENTS IS CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS CAN PUT PEOPLE BACK TO WORK. |
| 00:36:11 | SO WHAT IS THE HOUSE DOING THIS WEEK? |
| 00:36:17 | RELITIGATING, REGURGE DATING, REARGUING A POLITICAL DEBATE ABOUT HEALTH CARE AGAIN. |
| 00:36:23 | I BELIEVE THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY WANT US TO WORK TOGETHER TO GET JOBS BACK IN THE AMERICAN ECONOMY. |
| 00:36:29 | THE REPUBLICANS OFFER US A SLOGAN, A JOB-KILLING HEALTH CARE BILL. |
| 00:36:34 | WHAT KILLS JOBS IS PARAL SIS IN CONGRESS -- PARALYSIS IN CONGRESS. |
| 00:36:39 | WHAT KILLS JOBS IS IGNORING THE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF THIS COUNTRY. |
| 00:36:44 | NO IT'S NOT SIMPLY THE RIGHT VOTE ON THE MERITS, IT'S THE RIGHT VOTE BECAUSE THIS IS THE WRONG BILL AT THE WRONG TIME. |
| 00:36:49 | I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 00:36:51 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK. |
| 00:36:54 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS. |
| 00:36:55 | MR. SMITH: MADAM SPEAKER, WE ONLY HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER ON THIS SIDE AND WE'RE PREPARED TO CLOSE. |
| 00:37:00 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM MICHIGAN. |
| 00:37:03 | MR. CONYERS: HOW MUCH TIME HAVE WE REMAINING? |
| 00:37:05 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM MICHIGAN HAS 3 1/2 MINUTES REMAINING. |
| 00:37:10 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS HAS 1 3/4. |
| 00:37:17 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM MICHIGAN. |
| 00:37:18 | MR. CONYERS: I YIELD MYSELF A MINUTE. |
| 00:37:21 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 00:37:24 | MR. |
| 00:37:25 | CONYERS: I'D LIKE -- BECAUSE THIS IS THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AND SO LITTLE HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT THE CONSTITUTIONALITY, I AM PLEASED TO QUOTE FROM THE DEAN OF THE LAW SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA WHO SAID THAT OPPOSING HEALTH CARE REFORM AND RELYING ON AN ARGUMENT THAT IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL IS AN INADEQUATE WAY TO PROCEED. |
| 00:38:05 | SOMEBODY HERE MUST REMEMBER THAT THERE IS MEDICARE, MEDICAID, SOCIAL SECURITY. |
| 00:38:16 | PLEASE, THIS IS NOT NEW THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE INTERVENING IN THIS WAY. |
| 00:38:25 | MAYBE WE NEED TO REVISE AND REVISIT THE QUESTIONS OF CONSTITUTIONALITY. |
| 00:38:37 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS. |
| 00:38:40 | MR. |
| 00:38:41 | SMITH: MADAM SPEAKER, WE CONTINUE TO BE READY TO CLOSE. |
| 00:38:44 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM MICHIGAN. |
| 00:38:46 | MR. CONYERS: I YIELD TO SHEILA JACKSON LEE OF TEXAS, A SENIOR MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE, FOR THE REMAINING TIME. |
| 00:38:55 | WHICH IS ABOUT ONE MINUTE. |
| 00:38:59 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED FOR 2 1/2 MINUTES. |
| 00:39:02 | MS. |
| 00:39:03 | JACKSON LEE: MR. |
| 00:39:04 | CHAIRMAN, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. |
| 00:39:06 | THIS IS A CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION THAT HAS BEEN RAISED. |
| 00:39:08 | AS I CAME TO THE FLOOR EARLIER, I MENTIONED MY PREDECESSOR, CONGRESSWOMAN JORDAN, WHO BELIEVED IN THIS CONSTITUTION WITHOUT QUESTION. |
| 00:39:14 | I MENTIONED THE 14TH AMENDMENT. |
| 00:39:16 | I NOW MENTION THE FIFTH AMENDMENT. |
| 00:39:19 | FIRST OF ALL, THE COMMERCE CLAUSE COVERS THIS BILL BUT THE FIFTH AMENDMENT SPEAKS SPECIFICALLY TO DENYING SOMEONE THEIR LIFE AND LIBERTY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS. |
| 00:39:29 | THAT IS WHAT H.R. 2 DOES. AND I RISE IN OPPOSITION TO IT. |
| 00:39:31 | AND I RISE IN OPPOSITION BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE PRESERVE LIVES AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT 40 MILLION-PLUS ARE UNINSURED. |
| 00:39:39 | IN MY OWN COUNTY, HARRIS COUNTY, THIS BILL WILL ALLOW SOME 800,000 UNINSURED MEMBERS OF HARRIS COUNTY, CITIZENS OF HARRIS COUNTY, TO BE INSURED IN TEXAS. |
| 00:39:52 | IN ADDITION, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, AS MANY OTHER STATES, HAVE ALREADY BEGUN IMPLEMENTING THIS BILL, THE PATIENT PROTECTION BILL, GLADLY SO AND SAYING IT WILL HELP SAVE LIVES AND PROVIDE FOR THE FAMILIES OF THEIR STATES. |
| 00:40:05 | CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT IS MORE UNCONSTITUTIONAL THAN TAKING AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA THEIR FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS, THEIR 14TH AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND THE RIGHT TO EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW? |
| 00:40:17 | I KNOW THAT MR. |
| 00:40:18 | LAMB, WHO SUFFERS FROM SCHIZOPHRENIA, WITH HIS FAMILY, MRS. |
| 00:40:21 | BETTY, WHEN HAD TO GO TO THE E. |
| 00:40:22 | R. ROOM IN TEXAS BECAUSE NO INSURANCE, MR. |
| 00:40:24 | SMITH WHO WAS ON DIALYSIS, OR MR. |
| 00:40:27 | FIELDS WHOSE MOTHER COULDN'T GET DENTAL CARE, I KNOW THEY WOULD QUESTION WHY WE'RE TAKING AWAY THEIR RIGHTS. |
| 00:40:33 | TODAY WE STAND BEFORE THIS BODY, WE BEG OF THEM TO ASK THEMSELVES WHETHER THIS IS ALL ABOUT POLITICS OR ABOUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. |
| 00:40:43 | I'M PREPARED TO STAND, EXTEND A HAND OF FRIENDSHIP. |
| 00:40:46 | STANDING ON THE CONSTITUTION TO ENABLE US TO PROVIDE FOR ALL OF THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY. |
| 00:40:52 | THIS BILL HAS BEEN VETTED, THIS BILL IS CONSTITUTIONAL AND IT PROTECTS THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF THOSE WHO ASK THE QUESTION, MUST I DIE, MUST MY CHINA CHILD DIE BECAUSE I AM NOW -- CHILD DIE BECAUSE I AM NOW DISALLOWED FROM GETTING INSURANCE? |
| 00:41:12 | THIS IS ABOUT YOUR PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR. |
| 00:41:14 | THIS IS ABOUT CLOSING THE DOUGHNUT HOLE THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO BE ABLE TO GET DISCOUNTS ON YOUR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE AVOIDED BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PAY YOUR RENT AND YOU HAVE TO BUY YOUR FOOD. |
| 00:41:25 | TEXAS, A BIG STATE, HAS ALREADY SAID THROUGH A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY, WE NEED THIS BILL. |
| 00:41:32 | AND WE HOPE THAT THOSE WHO COME FROM OUR STATE AND MANY OTHER STATES WILL NOT VOTE AGAINST THE PROTECTION OF PATIENTS, VOTE AGAINST H. |
| 00:41:42 | R. 2 AND PROVIDE YOURSELF WITH THE PROTECTION OF THE CONSTITUTION. |
| 00:41:45 | I YIELD BACK. |
| 00:41:46 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS. |
| 00:41:48 | MR. SMITH: MADAM SPEAKER, I YIELD MYSELF THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 00:41:50 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 00:41:53 | MR. |
| 00:41:54 | SMITH: MADAM SPEAKER, THE DEMOCRATS' HEALTH CARE BILL SQUANDERS HEALTH CARE RESOURCES AND TAXPAYER MONEY BY ENCOURAGING WASTEFUL, DEFENSIVE MEDICINE. |
| 00:42:00 | IT EXPLICITLY PREVENTS STAGE FROM MAKING ANY -- STATES FROM MAKING LEGAL REFORMS UNDER ITS PROVISIONS AND EXPANDS OPPORTUNITIES FOR LAWYERS TO SUE DOCTORS WHO DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG. |
| 00:42:13 | AND IT LIMITS THE SUPPLY OF DOCTORS WHEN PATIENTS NEED THEM MOST. |
| 00:42:16 | IN FACT, ONE PARTICULARLY COSTLY PART OF OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS THE PRACTICE OF SO-CALLED DEFENSIVE MEDICINE WHICH OCCUR WHEN IS DOCTORS ARE FORCED BY THE THREAT OF LAWSUITS TO CONDUCT TESTS AND PRESCRIBE DRUGS THAT ARE NOT MEDICALLY REQUIRED. |
| 00:42:31 | A SURVEY RELEASED LAST YEAR FOUND DEFENSIVE MEDICINE IS PRACTICED BY VIRTUALLY ALL PHYSICIANS. |
| 00:42:37 | LAWSUIT ABUSE DOES MORE THAN MAKE MEDICAL CARE MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE, IT DRIVES DOCTORS OUT OF BUSINESS. |
| 00:42:44 | DOCTORS WHO ESPECIALLYIZE IN INHERENTLY HIGH-RISK FIELDS ARE LEAVING THEIR PRACTICES AND HOSPITALS ARE SHUTTING DOWN BECAUSE THEIR HIGH EXPOSURE TO LIABILITY MAKES LAW SUIT -- LAWSUIT SHINE INSURANCE UNAFFORDABLE AND IT CAN HAVE DEADLY CONSEQUENCES. |
| 00:43:00 | HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS MAY DIE ANNUALLY FOR LACK OF DOCTORS. |
| 00:43:04 | MADAM SPEAKER, THE DEMOCRATS' HEALTH CARE LAW WILL PRODUCE MORE LITIGATION AND LESS EFFECTIVE HEALTH CARE. |
| 00:43:11 | THAT IS WHY IT SHOULD BE REPEALED. |
| 00:43:13 | I'LL YIELD BACK. |
| 00:43:15 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK. |
| 00:43:42 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI, MR. |
| 00:43:44 | GRAVES, AND THE GENTLELADY FROM NEW YORK, MR. |
| 00:43:47 | VELAZQUEZ, WILL EACH CONTROL 20 MINUTES. |
| 00:43:50 | THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI. |
| 00:43:53 | MR. |
| 00:43:54 | GRAVES: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. |
| 00:43:55 | MADAM SPEAKER, I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. |
| 00:43:57 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 00:43:59 | GRAVE GRAVE THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. |
| 00:44:01 | MADAM SPEAKER, I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF H. |
| 00:44:03 | R. 2, LEGISLATION TO REPEAL THE JOB-DESTROYING HEALTH CARE LAW THAT WAS RUSHED THROUGH CONGRESS LAST YEAR. |
| 00:44:06 | THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE REPEATEDLY VOICED THEIR FRUSTRATION OVER THE WAY THE HEALTH CARE LAW PUT THE AMERICAN -- OR PUT THE GOVERNMENT BETWEEN PATIENTS AND THEIR DOCTORS. |
| 00:44:14 | THEY HAVE PROTESTED THIS LAW, THEY HAVE DEMANDED THAT REFORM OF OUR NATION'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FOCUS NOT ON BIGGER GOVERNMENT, NOT ON MORE BUREAUCRAT, BUT ON TARGETING COMMONSENSE CHANGES THAT ENCOURAGE COMPETITION AND BETTER CHOICES. |
| 00:44:31 | INSTEAD OF LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE, WASHINGTON GAVE THEM A LAW THAT PILES MORE THAN $500 BILLION IN TAX INCREASES ON FAMILIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES. |
| 00:44:38 | THIS WILL FORCE AS MUCH AS 80% OF ALL SMALL BUSINESSES TO GIVE UP THEIR CURRENT COVERAGE AND COULD COST OUR ECONOMY $1. |
| 00:44:44 | 6 MILLION -- 1. |
| 00:44:46 | 6 MILLION JOBS, ONE MILLION OF WHICH COULD COME FROM SMALL BUSINESSES. |
| 00:44:49 | ALL OF THESE NEW REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS INCLUDED IN THE LAW WILL MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO HIRE NEW WORKERS, EXPAND THEIR OPERATIONS AND OFFER COMPETITIVE WAGES. |
| 00:44:58 | WITH UNEMPLOYMENT STILL HOVERING ABOVE 9%, FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES CANNOT AFFORD MORE REGULATIONS AND RED TAPE FROM WASHINGTON. |
| 00:45:05 | IT'S GOING TO MAKE JOBS MORE SCARCE AND FURTHER SLOW OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY. |
| 00:45:09 | MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES AND I REPEATEDLY TRIED TO REACH ACROSS THE AISLE TO CRAFT A BETTER BILL WHEN THIS WAS PUSHED THROUGH. |
| 00:45:15 | AND WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT RATHER THAN LISTENED TO THEIR COUNTERPARTS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THOSE IN CHARGE WHEN THIS WAS PUSHED THROUGH CHOSE TO PUT A COMPLETELY PARTISAN, WILDLY UNPOPULAR BILL THROUGH THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE. |
| 00:45:26 | WE NOW HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT BY REPEALING THIS LAW AND REPLACING IT WITH MEANINGFUL REFORMS THAT WILL CUT COSTS AND INCREASE ACCESS WITHOUT CREATING BIG PROBLEMS FOR BUSINESSES OR PILING MORE UNSUSTAINABLE DEBT ON FUTURE GENERATIONS. |
| 00:45:40 | I URGE FRIENDS AND MEMBERS TO VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND REPEAL THIS LEGISLATION AND JOIN ME IN IMPLEMENTING BETTER SOLUTIONS FOR IMPROVING OUR NATION'S HEALTH CARE STIM -- SYSTEM. |
| 00:45:50 | I'LL RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 00:45:52 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME. |
| 00:45:56 | THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NEW YORK. |
| 00:45:57 | MS. VELAZQUEZ: MADAM SPEAKER, I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO REVISE AND EXTEND MY REMARKS. |
| 00:46:00 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. |
| 00:46:02 | MS. |
| 00:46:03 | VELAZQUEZ: MADAM SPEAKER, I YIELD MYSELF AS MUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. |
| 00:46:06 | I RISE IN OPPOSITION TO THE BILL BEFORE US TODAY. |
| 00:46:09 | AS WE BEGIN THE 112TH CONGRESS, IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT ONE OF THE FIRST BILLS BEFORE THIS BODY IS MORE ABOUT POLITICS THAN POIM. |
| 00:46:20 | THIS BILL WILL NOT HELP A SINGLE SMALL BUSINESS SECURE A LOAN, OPEN A NEW MARKET FOR ITS PRODUCTS OR INVEST BACK NITS OPERATIONS. |
| 00:46:33 | -- BACK IN ITS OPERATIONS. |
| 00:46:36 | THE OTHER SIDE ACKNOWLEDGES THIS LEGISLATION IS GOING NOWHERE. |
| 00:46:39 | IT IS IRONIC THIS GRANDSTANDING OCCURS WHEN HEALTH INSURANCE CONTINUES TO BE A TOP CHALLENGE FACING SMALL BUSINESSES. |
| 00:46:49 | OVER THE LAST DECADE, SMALL EMPLOYERS HAVE SEEN THEIR PREMIUMS RISE BY OVER 114% WITH NO SIGN OF RELIEF. |
| 00:46:58 | IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE HOW REPEAL WILL HELP SMALL BUSINESSES. |
| 00:47:03 | IN FACT, IT COULD DO SIGNIFICANT HARM. |
| 00:47:08 | THE BILL BEFORE US TODAY IMPOSES A $40 BILLION TAX INCREASE BY ELIMINATINGING CRITICAL SMALL BUSINESS TAX CREDITS. |
| 00:47:19 | THESE HAVE ALREADY HELPED SECURE COSTS AND REDUCED AND INCREASED COVERAGE RATES BY NEARLY 12% IN THE PAST YEAR. |
| 00:47:29 | REPEAL WILL ALSO ELIMINATE CHOICES FOR ENTREPRENEURS. |
| 00:47:34 | CURRENTLY IN THE MAJORITY OF STATES THE TWO LARGEST INSURERS HAVE A COMBINED MARKET SHARE OF 70% OR MORE. |
| 00:47:43 | BY DOING AWAY WITH REFORMS THAT ESTABLISH NEW HEALTH INSURANCE MARKETS, IT WILL LIMIT SMALL BUSINESSES' ABILITY TO SECURE COVERAGE. |
| 00:47:54 | SMALL BUSINESSES ALREADY PAY 20% MORE THAN THEIR CORPORATE COUNTERPARTS AND THE LAWS OF NEW SAFEGUARDS WILL COMPOUND THIS PROBLEM. |
| 00:48:07 | BECAUSE OF HEALTH REFORM, INSURERS ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO RAISE RATES ARBITRARILY WITHOUT EXPLAINING WHY. |
| 00:48:15 | THEY CANNOT DENY COVERAGE BASED ON A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION OR BECAUSE AN EMPLOYEE GETS SICK. |
| 00:48:24 | PASSAGE OF THIS BILL WILL ALSO STRIP NEW PROTECTIONS THAT PROVIDE SMALL BUSINESSES WE HAVE HEARD HOW IMPORTANT REFORMS WERE EXCLUDED FROM THE ORIGINAL LEGISLATION. |
| 00:48:40 | THEY SAY FOR THIS REASON, THE HOUSE WILL START FROM SCRATCH AND ENACT A NEW HEALTH CARE LAW. |
| 00:48:48 | HOWEVER, WHEN REPUBLICANS WERE IN CONTROL OF BOTH CHAMBERS AND HELD THE OTHER OFFICE, THEY TALK ABOUT THEIR SOLUTIONS FOR NEARLY A DECADE AND YET, NOTHING HAPPENED. |
| 00:49:01 | IN THE MEANTIME, SMALL BUSINESSES SAW THEIR EMPLOYEES' PREMIUMS RISE BY AN AVERAGE OF $700 EVERY SINGLE YEAR. |
| 00:49:13 | SMALL BUSINESSES PAY NEARLY $14,000 FOR A POLICY THAT COST $6,500 IN 2000. |
| 00:49:22 | WHY SHOULD SMALL BUSINESSES BELIEVE THEY CAN DELIVER ON A PROMISE THIS TIME? |
| 00:49:29 | WHILE OUR ECONOMY HAS ADDED NEARLY 400,000 JOBS OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS, MORE MUST BE DONE. |
| 00:49:37 | WE MUST CONTINUE TO CONFRONT THE PROBLEM OF HEALTH COVERAGE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, BUT VOTING FOR TODAY'S BILL WILL NOT DO THAT. |
| 00:49:46 | I URGE MEMBERS TO OPPOSE THE BILL AND I URGE THE NEW LEADERSHIP TO FIND MEANINGFUL WAYS TO ADDRESS THIS NATION'S ECONOMIC CHALLENGES. |
| 00:49:58 | I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 00:50:00 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLMAN RESERVES THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME. |
| 00:50:04 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI. |
| 00:50:05 | >> I WOULD YIELD ONE MINUTE TO THE THE GENTLEMAN FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. |
| 00:50:11 | MR. |
| 00:50:12 | MULVANEY: I RISE IN FAVOR OF H. |
| 00:50:13 | R. 2 AND IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW BAD THE CURRENT HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION IS FOR SMALL BUSINESS. |
| 00:50:21 | THE CURRENT HEALTH CARE BILL THAT THIS CONGRESS PASSED LAST YEAR HAS AN INP SENTTIVE FOR BUSINESSES TO GO FROM 50 TO 49. |
| 00:50:33 | INCENTIVE TO GO FROM 25 EMPLOYEES TO FEWER AND DISINCENTIVE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO GO. |
| 00:50:39 | A FINANCIAL INCENTIVE TO PAY YOUR EMPLOYEES LESS BECAUSE THE TAX CREDITS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR GOES AWAY AS YOU PAY YOUR FOLKS MORE. |
| 00:50:50 | IT'S ALMOST AS IF THE FOLKS WHO WROTE THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION LAST YEAR HAVE NO IDEA HOW SMALL BUSINESS WORKS OR DON'T CARE. |
| 00:50:58 | EITHER WAY THE CURRENT HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION IS A COMPLETE DISASTER FOR SMALL BUSINESS AND NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR SMALL BUSINESS THIS YEAR SHOULD BE REPEALING THE EXISTING HEALTH CARE AND PASSING OF H. |
| 00:51:08 | R. 2. AND I YIELD BACK. |
| 00:51:10 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NEW YORK. |
| 00:51:16 | MS. VELAZQUEZ: I YIELD AS MUCH TIME AS NECESSARY. |
| 00:51:18 | IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AS A RESULT OF THIS REPEAL LEGISLATION, SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA WILL SEE A TAX INCREASE OF $540 MILLION. |
| 00:51:30 | WITH THAT, I YIELD TWO MINUTES TO THE THE GENTLEMAN FROM, MR. |
| 00:51:38 | CICILLINE. |
| 00:51:39 | MR. CICILLINE: I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR YIELDING. |
| 00:51:42 | I RISE IN STRONG OPPOSITION TO H. |
| 00:51:45 | R. 2. IF WE REPEAL, THE FOLLOWING THINGS WILL HAPPEN, CHILDREN WITH PRE-EXISTING DISEASES WILL BE DENIED COVERAGE AND PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 26 WILL BE DENIED. |
| 00:51:58 | SENIORS WILL PAY MORE AND SMALL BUSINESSES WILL PAY 20% MORE THAN THEIR CORPORATE COUNTERPARTS FOR PROVIDING THE SAME HEALTH CARE COVERAGE. |
| 00:52:07 | SMALL BUSINESSES WOULD LOSE THE INCENTIVE FOR PROVIDING COVERAGE TO THEIR EMPLOYEES AND UP TO 50% TAX CREDIT WHICH HAS INCREASED COVERAGE OF SMALL FIRMS BY MORE THAN 10% AND WOULD USE THAT TAX CREDIT TO HIRE ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES. |
| 00:52:26 | THIS LAW ESTABLISHES CONSUMER PROTECTIONS, INCENTIVIZES WELLNESS PROGRAMS AND ESTABLISHES COST CONTROLS AND COST-CUTTING EXCHANGES. |
| 00:52:33 | FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, THAT MEANS DRIVING DOWN THE COST OF PROVIDING HEALTH INSURANCE AND PROVIDING ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO SKYROCKETING PREMIUMS. |
| 00:52:44 | SMALL BUSINESSES PAY 18% MORE THAN THAN LARGE BUSINESSES FOR THE SAME COVERAGE AND HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS HAVE GONE UP THREE TIMES FASTER THAN WAGES IN THE PAST 10 YEARS. |
| 00:52:55 | I WOULD JUST -- I ASK FOR 15 SECONDS. |
| 00:53:01 | SMALL BUSINESS TAX CREDITS ARE CRITICAL TO PROVIDING SMALL BUSINESSES THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INSURANCE TO THEIR EMPLOYEES. |
| 00:53:09 | WE MADE A PROMISE TO THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES TO MAKE IT YEES EASIER TO THRIVE AND THIS IS THE FIRST GOOD STEP AND I URGE TO VOTE AGAINST THIS REPEAL. |
| 00:53:22 | >> I YIELD ONE MINUTE TO THE THE GENTLEMAN FROM TENNESSEE FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 00:53:29 | MR. |
| 00:53:30 | FLEISCHMANN: I RISE IN SUPPORT OF THE REPEAL OF OBAMACARE. |
| 00:53:34 | THIS IS MY FIRST SPEECH ON THE FLOOR AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND I THOUGHT IT ONLY APPROPRIATE THAT IT BE ON THIS TOPIC, A TOPIC I CAMPAIGNED HARD ON AND A TOPIC I BELIEVE STRONGLY IN. |
| 00:53:45 | WE MUST REPEAL THIS HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION. |
| 00:53:47 | AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER FOR THE PAST 24 YEARS, I KNOW FIRSTHAND THE KIND OF DAMAGE THIS LEGISLATION WOULD DO TO AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESS IF IT IS ALLOWED TO BE PUT IN PLACE. |
| 00:54:00 | THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS RESEARCH FOUNDATION CONDUCTED A STUDY THAT SHOWED THE EMPLOYER MANDATE FOUND IN OBAMACARE COULD LEAD TO A LOSS OF 1. |
| 00:54:10 | 6 MILLION JOBS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND 66% OF THOSE LOST JOBS WOULD COME FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS WORK FORCE. |
| 00:54:17 | THAT SAME STUDY SHOWED THAT SMALL BUSINESSES WOULD LOSE ROUGHLY $113 BILLION IN OUTPUT. |
| 00:54:28 | AS A MEMBER OF THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE, I PROMISE TO USE MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE TO FIGHT EVERY DAY FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS EVERYWHERE. |
| 00:54:37 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. |
| 00:54:39 | MR. |
| 00:54:40 | FLEISCHMANN: STARTING TONIGHT, WE MUST REPEAL OBAMACARE AND I YIELD BACK. |
| 00:54:45 | MS. VELAZQUEZ: I YIELD TWO MINUTES TO THE THE GENTLEMAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA. |
| 00:54:48 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES. |
| 00:54:51 | >> I RISE TODAY TO SPEAK AGAINST THIS BILL, EVEN BEFORE THE RECESSION, MY STATE, NORTH CAROLINA, WAS LOSING ONE WAVE OF JOBS AFTER ANOTHER IN OUR TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIES AND WE HAVE NEEDED THE ENERGY AND JOB CREATION THAT COMES FROM SMALL BUSINESS, FROM PEOPLE LEAVING JOBS WHETHER JUMPED OR PUSHED AND STARTING THEIR OWN BUSINESS. |
| 00:55:15 | HALF OF OUR ECONOMY IS GENERATED BY SMALL BUSINESS AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, SMALL BUSINESSES CREATE 75% OF NEW JOBS. |
| 00:55:23 | BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO STATE HIGH RISK POOLS, THE HEALTH CARE REFORM BILL PASSED LAST YEAR WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO START THEIR OWN BUSINESS WITHOUT WORRYING THEY ARE GOING TO LOSE HEALTH CARE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BUY HEALTH INSURANCE FOR EMPLOYEES. |
| 00:55:47 | ONE OF THE GREATEST FRUSTRATIONS, TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING AFFORDABLE AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU BOUGHT AND YOU WON'T KNOW UNTIL ONE OF YOUR EMPLOYEES GETS SICK OR HURT. |
| 00:55:57 | THE BILL PASSED LAST YEAR, THE LEGISLATION WILL MAKE IT AFFORDABLE. |
| 00:56:03 | IT WILL PROVIDE TAX CREDITS TO 35% FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO PROVIDE HEALTH INSURANCE AND WILL GO UP TO 50%. |
| 00:56:10 | THAT WILL INCREASE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE AMONG SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANT AND THEY WILL KNOW WHAT THEY GOT, INSURANCE THAT REALLY COVERS WHAT IT OUGHT TO COVER AND NOT FILLED WITH SMALL PRINT EXCEPTIONS OF ONE KIND OF CARE AFTER ANOTHER, ONE CONDITION AFTER ANOTHER. |
| 00:56:28 | EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO GET THE CARE THEY NEED. |
| 00:56:31 | REFORM HAS FREED PEOPLE TO WANT TO START A BUSINESS, DO IT WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT WHAT KIND OF SHAPE THAT'S GOING TO LEAVE THEM IN AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS IN AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE AGAINST THIS BILL, TO PUT THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES BACK IN THE UNCERTAIN LAND. |
| 00:56:52 | THANK YOU. I YIELD BACK. |
| 00:56:53 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME. |
| 00:56:56 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI. |
| 00:56:57 | >> I YIELD ONE MINUTE TO ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE, GENTLELADY FROM WASHINGTON. |
| 00:57:07 | MR. |
| 00:57:08 | BUTTERFIELD: I RISE IN SUPPORT OF THIS -- MS. |
| 00:57:12 | HERRERA BEUTLER: AND I RISE IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL. |
| 00:57:14 | THIS YEAR, WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO CORRECT MISTAKES MADE BY BOTH PARTIES. |
| 00:57:19 | THE OBAMACARE BILL PASSED BY THE OTHER PARTY LAST YEAR WAS THE WRONG APPROACH AND DOES NOTHING TO DECREASE THE INFLATIONARY CURVE OF HEALTH CARE. |
| 00:57:30 | IT WAS THE WRONG APPROACH. |
| 00:57:31 | AND NO PARTY IS PERFECT LAST TIME THE PARTY HAD THE MAJORITY, MANY ON OUR SIDE OF THE AISLE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO REFORM HEALTH CARE, THE JOB WAS LEFT UNDONE. |
| 00:57:43 | GETTING THIS RIGHT IS ONE OF THE REASONS MY CONSTITUENTS SENT ME TO CONGRESS. |
| 00:57:49 | SOLUTIONS EXIST THAT CAN FIX OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND BRING COSTS DOWN FOR MIDDLE-INCOME FAMILIES. |
| 00:57:55 | TODAY, WE HIT RESET ON HEALTH CARE REFORM AND I INVITE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN ADVANCING SOLUTIONS, SOLUTIONS LIKE SMALL BUSINESS HEALTH PLANS, ENDING JUNK LAWSUITS THAT DRIVE UP THE COSTS OF EVERYONE'S COST AND HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND BUYING INSURANCE ACROSS STATE LINES. |
| 00:58:17 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM FROM NEW YORK. |
| 00:58:19 | MS. VELAZQUEZ: I WOULD LIKE TO INQUIRE HOW MUCH TIME IS REMAINING. |
| 00:58:24 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: 12 1/4 MINUTES REMAINING AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI HAS 15 MINUTES REMAINING. |
| 00:58:32 | MS. VELAZQUEZ: AT THIS TIME, I RESERVE. |
| 00:58:38 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI. |
| 00:58:40 | >> MADAM SPEAKER, I WOULD YIELD ONE MINUTE TO THE THE GENTLEMAN FROM COLORADO, MR. |
| 00:58:49 | TIP TON. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 00:58:52 | MR. TIPTON: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. |
| 00:58:54 | THE QUESTION IS, WILL WE ACCEPT WHAT IS OR ARE WE WILLING TO COMMIT FOR WHAT TO BE. |
| 00:59:00 | AMERICA HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE LAND OF SELF-DETERMINATION. |
| 00:59:04 | OUR CONSTITUTIONALLY-GUARANTEED RIGHTS AS INDIVIDUALS, AS A PEOPLE, AS A NATION, HAS MADE US FLOURISH. |
| 00:59:15 | CREATIVITY ARE HALLMARKS. |
| 00:59:16 | I RISE IN SUPPORT OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 2. |
| 00:59:19 | IT DOES NOT INDICT INAT THE PRESENT TIME BUT IT DOES ADDRESS OUTCOME. |
| 00:59:24 | THE DEEPER WE DIG INTO THE HEALTH CARE ACT, THE MORE WE DISCOVER THAT IT IS STOPPING JOB CREATION, BUILDING MORE GOVERNMENT AND PLACING TAX BURDENS ON AMERICAN FAMILIES WHO ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING. |
| 00:59:36 | WE CAN AND MUST DO BETTER. |
| 00:59:39 | LET US COMMIT OURSELVES TO HOLD THESE CONCERNS, AFFORDABILITY AND ACK SET BUILT AND EMPOWER OUR PEOPLE TO MAKE THEIR OWN CHOICES AND EMPOWER PRIVATE SECTOR SOLUTIONS THAT WILL LOWER COSTS AND INCREASE THE QUALITY OF CARE AND ELIMINATE GOVERNMENT AND NOT BUILD BIGGER GOVERNMENT. |
| 01:00:00 | I YIELD THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 01:00:02 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NEW YORK. |
| 01:00:05 | MS. VELAZQUEZ: I YIELD 2 1/2 MINUTES TO THE THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA. |
| 01:00:10 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR 2 1/2 MINUTES. |
| 01:00:16 | MS. ROYBAL-ALLARD: MANY AMERICANS HAVE MORE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE. |
| 01:00:20 | IN MY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, 40% OF MY CONSTITUENTS WERE UNINSURED, THOUSANDS MORE WERE UNDERINSURED AND LIVING ON THE BRINK OF FINANCIAL DISASTER WHEN FACING AN ILLNESS OR ACCIDENT. |
| 01:00:33 | WITH HEALTH REFORM POSITIVE CHANGE IS TAKING PLACE FOR THEM AND FOR INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. |
| 01:00:41 | YOUNG ADULTS CAN REMAIN ON THEIR PARENTS' INSURANCE UNTIL 26. |
| 01:00:47 | SENIORS NOT LIVING IN FEAR ARE THANKFUL FOR DISCOUNTS ON BRAND-NAMED DRUGS. |
| 01:00:53 | FAMILIES OF PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS ARE COMFORTED BY THE NEW HIGH RISK INSURANCE POOL AND THOSE FACING SERIOUS ILLNESSES ARE RELIEVED THEIR INSURERS CAN NO LONGER DROP THEM. |
| 01:01:06 | SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH ABOUND IN MY DISTRICT AND MAINSTAY IN THE MINORITY COMMUNITIES CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TAX CREDITS TO OFFER HEALTH INSURANCE TO THEIR EMPLOYEES. |
| 01:01:17 | A 2009 STUDY BY AN ECONOMIST FOUND THAT WITHOUT REFORM, OVER THE NEXT DECADE, EMPLOYERS WILL PAY TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN EMPLOYEE HEALTH COSTS, POTENTIALLY CUT 170,000 SMALL BUSINESS JOBS AND LOSE $51. |
| 01:01:35 | 2 BILLION IN PROFITS. |
| 01:01:38 | THAT IS WHY THE FOUNDER AND C. |
| 01:01:42 | E.O. OF THE SMALL BUSINESS MAJORITY SUPPORTS HEALTH CARE REFORM. |
| 01:01:46 | MADAM SPEAKER, H. |
| 01:01:47 | R. 2 WILL HURT SMALL BUSINESS AND WILL REPEAL THE FREEDOMS AND PROTECTIONS AMERICANS NOW HAVE AND IT WILL RETURN CONTROL OF THEIR HEALTH CARE TO THE INSURANCE COMPANIES. |
| 01:01:58 | I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 01:02:01 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN YIELDS BACK. |
| 01:02:04 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI. |
| 01:02:05 | >> I YIELD ONE MINUTE TO THE THE GENTLEMAN FROM LOUISIANA, MR. |
| 01:02:11 | LANDRY. |
| 01:02:12 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MIND. |
| 01:02:16 | MR. LANDRY: >> I -- MR. |
| 01:02:20 | LANDRY: IT IS WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM THAT I RISE TO ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO STAND WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. |
| 01:02:25 | THE HARD-WORKING FAMILIES AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ACROSS OUR COUNTRY AND VOTE FOR REPEALING THE JOB-KILLING HEALTH CARE LAW. |
| 01:02:35 | IN MARCH, THEY PASSED A MASSIVE GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE LAW THAT WILL KILL JOBS AND INCREASE THE SIZE OF OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. |
| 01:02:44 | THE BILL CALLS FOR TAX INCREASES ON AMERICAN FAMILIES, WASTEFUL SPENDING OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND NEW MANDATES ON SMALL BUSINESSES. |
| 01:02:52 | THIS IS WRONG. |
| 01:02:53 | VOTERS MADE IT CLEAR IN NOVEMBER THAT BUSINESS AS USUAL MUST END. |
| 01:02:57 | I SUBMITTED THE NECESSARY PAPERWORK TO DECLINE THE HEALTH CARE PLAN OFFERED TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. |
| 01:03:03 | I REJECTED ITS BENEFITS BECAUSE WASHINGTON MUST WORK JUST LIKE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE MUST WORK. |
| 01:03:09 | WE ARE NOT ABOVE THEM. |
| 01:03:11 | I HOPE MY ACTIONS I WILL ENERGIZE THE EFFORTS TO REPEAL THE GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE LAW AND I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE YES ON THIS BILL AND PROMOTE COMMONSENSE SOLUTIONS OF PROMOTING HEALTH INSURANCE ACROSS STATE LINES, POOLING SMALL BUSINESSES TO LEVERAGE PURCHASING POWER. |
| 01:03:30 | THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN. |
| 01:03:38 | . THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI. |
| 01:03:41 | MR. GRAVES: AT THIS TIME, I YIELD ONE MINUTE TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM ILLINOIS, MR. |
| 01:03:44 | WALSH. |
| 01:03:45 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 01:03:50 | MR. |
| 01:03:51 | WALSH: I RISE IN SUPPORT OF H. |
| 01:03:54 | R. 2, REPEALING THE JOB-KILLING HEALTH CARE ACT. |
| 01:03:56 | I COMMEND THE LEADERSHIP FOR SIMPLIFYING THIS PROCESS BY DRAFTING A TWO-PAGE BILL FOR REPEAL. |
| 01:04:04 | IT WILL BE VERY CLEAR WHERE WE STAND ON REPEAL. |
| 01:04:07 | DURING THIS PAST CAMPAIGN, I, LIKE A LOT OF CANDIDATES, SPOKE TO SMALL BUSINESSES EVERY SINGLE DAY. |
| 01:04:14 | THERE'S A REASON WHY 90% OF SMALL BUSINESS MEN AND WOMEN IN THIS COUNTRY SUPPORT REPEAL. |
| 01:04:21 | FROM THE BILLIONS IN TAXES TO THE NEEDLESS PAPERWORK TO THE BURDENSOME REGULATIONS TO THE $1. |
| 01:04:28 | 6 MILLION ESTIMATED JOB LOSS, SMALL BUSINESS MEN AND WOMEN ARE ADAMANT THAT WE NEED TO REPEAL. |
| 01:04:34 | FINALLY, MADAM SPEAKER, OUR OPPOSITION LAST YEAR SAID IF YOU LIKE YOUR PLAN, YOU CAN KEEP IT. |
| 01:04:42 | TO DATE, THERE ARE 222 ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING SOME OF OBAMACARE'S BIGGEST SUPPORTERS WHO HAVE RECEIVED WAIVERS. |
| 01:04:52 | WHY? |
| 01:04:53 | WHY, IF THE LAW WAS SO WORTHY, WOULD THERE BE A NEED FOR WAIVERS? |
| 01:04:58 | THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NEW YORK. |
| 01:05:02 | MS. VELAZQUEZ: I YIELD MYSELF AS MUCH TIME AS NECESSARY. |
| 01:05:04 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:05:08 | MS. VELAZQUEZ: AS A RESULT OF THIS REPEAL LEGISLATION, SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS WILL SEE A TAX INCREASE OF $1. |
| 01:05:15 | 7 BILLION. |
| 01:05:16 | WITH THAT, I YIELD TWO MINUTES TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM CONNECTICUT, MR. |
| 01:05:21 | MURPHY. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES. |
| 01:05:26 | MR. MURPHY: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. |
| 01:05:27 | MADAM SPEAKER, WHEN I TESTIFIED AGAINST THIS REPEAL BEFORE THE RULES COMMITTEE, I TOLD THE STORY OF A FAMILY IN MY DISTRICT, THE HUSBAND LOST HIS JOB AND THEREFORE HIS INSURANCE BECAUSE OF A DEBILITATING SNIR. |
| 01:05:37 | HIS -- INJURY. |
| 01:05:38 | THE FAMILY FACED A CHOICE, EITHER DIP INTO THEIR SAVINGS ACCOUNT, THEIR HIGH SCHOOL SON'S COLLEGE FUND, OR SELL THEIR HOUSE. |
| 01:05:49 | THEY FIRST CHOSE TO SPEND DOWN THEIR SAVINGS. |
| 01:05:55 | WHEN I TOLD THE STORY A REPUBLICAN SAID, WHEY THEY HAD MONEY THEY HAD ASSET, I DON'T GET IT, WHY SHOULD SOMEONE ELSE PAY THEIR BILLS? |
| 01:06:06 | SHE DIDN'T GET IT. |
| 01:06:09 | NO ONE SHOULD BE FORCED ON THE STREET BECAUSE ONE OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS GET SICK. |
| 01:06:13 | THERE IS A MORAL IMTERTIVE TO BE OUR BROTHER'S KEEPER BUT THERE'S A FISCAL IMPERATIVE. |
| 01:06:19 | WHEN THAT FAMILY'S SAVINGS IS DONE, THEY'RE OUT ON THE STREET, WE ALL PICK UP THE COST. |
| 01:06:25 | SMALL BUSINESSES PICK UP THE COST. |
| 01:06:26 | THAT'S WHY SMALL BUSINESSES ARE PAYING 18% MORE THAN BIG BUSINESSES. |
| 01:06:30 | THAT'S WHY ABOUT $1,100 OF EVERY PREMIUM GOES TO COVER THE UNINSURE. |
| 01:06:35 | THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF SMALL BUSINESSES IN CONNECTICUT ORGANIZED UNDER THE US A PISES OF A GROUP CALLED SMALL BUSINESSES FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM CALLING -- CRYING OUT FOR THIS REPEAL TO BE DEFEATED. |
| 01:06:46 | THEY SEE THE $260 BILLION PRICE TAG THAT'S GOING TO LAND ON THEIR HEAD AS WELL AS THE CONTINUATION OF DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES THAT ASK SMALL BUSINESSES TO PAY FOR THE UNINSURED LIKE THAT FAMILY THAT I TALKED ABOUT. |
| 01:06:58 | THIS BILL ISN'T ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT POLITICAL STATEMENT. |
| 01:07:02 | FAMILIES IN MY DISTRICT, SMALL BUSINESSES IN MY DISTRICT, NEED MORE THAN POLITICS. |
| 01:07:05 | THEY NEED ANSWERS. |
| 01:07:07 | I YIELD BACK MY TIME. |
| 01:07:08 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI. |
| 01:07:12 | MR. GRAVES: MADAM SPEAKER, AT THIS TIME, I YIELD ONE MINUTE TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM IOWA, MR. |
| 01:07:16 | KING. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 01:07:19 | MR. |
| 01:07:20 | KING: I THANK THE CHAIRMAN FOR YIELDING TIME. |
| 01:07:22 | I LISTENED TO THIS DELIVERY AHEAD OF ME, I SPENT 28 1/2 YEARS IN BUSINESS, I MET PAYROLL OVER 1,400 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS. |
| 01:07:29 | I NEVER SAW A REGULATION THAT MADE MY JOB EASIER OR ALLOWED ME TO MAKE MORE MONEY. |
| 01:07:36 | THIS IS THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF REGULATION, IT'S OPPRESS TOIV SMALL BUSINESS, IT SHOULD BE CALLED THE ENTREPRENEURIAL EXTINCTION ACT, NOT THE HEALTH CARE PLAN. |
| 01:07:46 | THIS IS OBAMACARE, IT MUST BE PULLED OUT COMPLETELY BY THE ROOTS. |
| 01:07:50 | THE 34ER7B PEOPLE KNOW THIS. THAT'S WHY THERE ARE 87 FRESHMAN REPUBLICANS ON THIS SIDE, NINE FRESHMEN DEMOCRATS ON THIS SIDE. |
| 01:07:58 | THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN RESOUNDINGLY, IT IS OUR OBLIGATION TO GO DOWN THIS PATH. |
| 01:08:01 | IT'S NOT SYMBOLIC. |
| 01:08:03 | IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. |
| 01:08:04 | WITHOUT THIS VOTE ON THIS FLOOR, WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REST OF THE SCENARIO TO ELIMINATE OBAMACARE. |
| 01:08:11 | THE LANGUAGE IN THE BILL IS SIMPLE. |
| 01:08:12 | IT CONCLUDES WITH THIS LANGUAGE. |
| 01:08:14 | ACT IS REPEALED AND THE PROVISIONS OF LAW AMENDED OR REPEALED BY SUCH LAW ARE RESTORED AS IF SUCH ACT HAD NEVER BEEN ENACTED, CLOSE QUOTE. |
| 01:08:25 | THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 01:08:27 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NEW YORK. |
| 01:08:29 | MS. VELEZ KEZZ: HOW MUCH TIME IS REMAINING ON EACH SIDE? |
| 01:08:32 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NEW YORK HAS EIGHT MINUTES REMAIN, THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI HAS 11 MINUTES REMAINING. |
| 01:08:41 | MS. |
| 01:08:42 | VELEZ KEZZ: I YIELD TWO MINUTES TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM -- MS. |
| 01:08:48 | VELAZQUEZ: I YIELD TWO MINUTES TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW MEXICO. |
| 01:08:50 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:08:53 | >> DURING THESE TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES IT'S CRITICAL WE MAKE JOB CREATION A TOP PRIORITY. |
| 01:08:59 | THAT'S WHY I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT H. |
| 01:09:02 | R. 2 WILL HAVE ON SMALL BUSINESSES. |
| 01:09:03 | IT WILL REPEAL A TAX CREDIT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT OFFERED HEALTH INSURANCE TO THEIR EMPLOYEES. |
| 01:09:10 | IT WOULD ALLOW AN INSURER TO DENY BUSINESS COVERAGE IF THEIR EMPLOYEES HAVE PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. |
| 01:09:17 | MR. |
| 01:09:18 | LUJAN: AS A RESULT OF REFORM, NEW MEXICANS NO LONGER FACE THIS. |
| 01:09:22 | IF THIS IS REPEALED, HAVING CANCER, DIABETES OR BEING A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WILL BE CAUSE FOR LOSING HEALTH CARE. |
| 01:09:35 | PEOPLE LIKE YVONNE FROM SANTA FE WOULD HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT LOSING THEIR HEALTH CARE. |
| 01:09:39 | YVONNE LOST HER JOB WHEN THE COMPANY SHE WORKED FOR WAS SHIPPED OVERSEAS. |
| 01:09:42 | SHE WAS DIABETIC AND BECAUSE OF THE HIGH COST OF COBRA, SHE WAS FORED TO RATION HER MEDICINE. |
| 01:09:47 | AS A RESULT, SHE BECAME GRAVELY ILL AND HAD TO VISIT THE EMERGENCY ROOM. |
| 01:09:52 | HER DOCTORS NOTICED ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT REQUIRED FURTHER EXAMINATION YET BECAUSE YVONNE COULD NOT AFFORD COBRA AND BECAUSE PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES WOULD NOT INSURE HER BECAUSE SHE HAD DIABETES, THE HOSPITAL RELEASED HER. |
| 01:10:05 | THE ONLY OPTION YVONNE HAD WAS TO WAIT TWO MONTHS TO BE SEEN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HOSPITAL. |
| 01:10:11 | SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FORM OF LUNG CANCER THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT EARLIER HAD SHE NOT BEEN KICKED OUT. |
| 01:10:18 | SHE PASSED AWAY FROM COMPLICATIONS RESULTING FROM THE CANCER HAVING SUFFERED THROUGH A SYSTEM THAT DISCRIMINATED AGAINST HER WE CANNOT RETURN TO THE DAYS WHEN PEOPLE LIKE YVONNE ARE FORCED TO SUFFER BECAUSE OF INSURANCE COMPANIES' BAD PRACTICE. |
| 01:10:31 | LET'S NOT TURN A BLIND EYE ON PEOPLE LIE E-- LIKE YVONNE. |
| 01:10:36 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI. |
| 01:10:39 | MR. GRAVES: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. |
| 01:10:41 | AT THIS TIME, I YIELD ONE MINUTE TO THE GENTLELADY FROM NORTH CAROLINA A NURSE AND THE NEW CHAIRWOMAN OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH CARE AND TECHNOLOGY, MRS. |
| 01:10:49 | ELLMERS. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 01:10:54 | MRS. ELLMERS: I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT MY REMARKS BE REVISE AND EXTEND -- THAT I BE ABLE TO REVISE AND EXTEND MY REMARKS. |
| 01:11:03 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: WITHOUT OBJECTION. |
| 01:11:05 | MRS. |
| 01:11:06 | ELLMERS: WHEN I RAN FOR CONGRESS, I VOWED TO END OBAMACARE. |
| 01:11:10 | AND WITH MY FIRST VOTE IN THE 112TH CONGRESS, I WILL DO SO. |
| 01:11:12 | AS A NURSE FOR 20 YEAR, CO-OWNER OF A WOUNDS CARE CLINIC AND IN PRACTICE WITH MY HUSBAND IN HIS GENERAL SURGERY PRACTICE, WE KNOW THE PROBLEMS THAT EXIST FOR AMERICANS IN HEALTH CARE. |
| 01:11:24 | INSTEAD OF BEING A REMEDY TO THESE PROBLEMS, OMAW -- OBAMACARE HAS ALREADY DONE MORE HARM THAN GOOD TO BOTH THE QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE IN OUR COUNTRY AS WELL AS OUR ECONOMY. |
| 01:11:35 | AS A NURSE, I LOOK FOR PATHWAYS TO SOLUTIONS, THIS IS A PROBLEMATIC PATHWAY, UNDOUBTEDLY. |
| 01:11:44 | IN THE FACE OF RISING UNEMPLOYMENT, UNSUSTAINABLE FEDERAL DEFICITS AND OVERWHELMING PUBLIC OPPOSITION, IT TOOK MORE THAN A YEAR TO COBBLE TOGETHER AN UNPOPULAR GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF HEALTH CARE. |
| 01:11:56 | SO RIDDLED WITH PROVISIONS THAT VIOLATE RIGHT-TO-LIFE PRINCIPLES AND SUPPORT GOVERNMENT RATIONING OF CARE THAT IT CANNOT SIMPLY BE PATCHED. |
| 01:12:06 | OBAMACARE IS BAD FOR WORKERS, IT'S BAD FOR EMPLOYERS AND BAD FOR AMERICA. |
| 01:12:11 | REPEALING IT ALLOWS US TO START -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH. |
| 01:12:15 | I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 01:12:18 | MR. |
| 01:12:19 | GRAVES: I YIELD THE GENTLELADY 30 MORE SECONDS. |
| 01:12:20 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLELADY IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:12:24 | MRS. |
| 01:12:25 | ELLMERS: THANK YOU. |
| 01:12:26 | REPEALING IT ALLOWS US TO START WITH A CLEAN SLATE AND LOOK AT MARKET-BASED REFORMS THAT WILL ACTUALLY LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS. |
| 01:12:34 | IT WILL INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY, LET AMERICANS KEEP THEIR PLANS IF THEY HAVE THEM AND THEY LIKE THEM AND IT WILL FORESTALL IMPENDING DRASTIC CHANGES THAT HAVE CREATE UNCERTAINTY IN THE LIVES OF SO MANY AMERICANS. |
| 01:12:48 | TO THIS CONGRESS, I WILL WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE TO REPEAL AND REPLACE THE JOB-KILLING REGULATIONS AND STATE BANKRUPTING MANDATES. |
| 01:13:01 | THE BILL TO REPEAL THE SO-CALL AID FORDABLE HEALTH PLAN -- THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLELADY'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. |
| 01:13:09 | MRS. ELLMERS: THANK YOU SO MUCH. |
| 01:13:10 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLELADY FROM NEW YORK. |
| 01:13:13 | MS. |
| 01:13:14 | VELAZQUEZ: I RESERVE. |
| 01:13:15 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI. |
| 01:13:19 | MR. GRAVES: I RECOGNIZE THE GENTLELADY FROM NEW YORK. |
| 01:13:21 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLELADY IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:13:29 | >> I RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS BILL TO REPEAL THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. |
| 01:13:40 | I CAN TELL YOU THAT ATHE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WILL TAKE CARE AWAY FROM PATIENTS. |
| 01:13:49 | IT TRANSFERS POWER FROM CONSUMERS TO THE GOVERNMENT. |
| 01:13:53 | MS. |
| 01:13:54 | HAYWORTH: TO MAKE CRUCIAL DECISIONS THAT BELONG IN THE HANDS OF PATIENTS AND THEIR DOCTORS. |
| 01:13:58 | IT NEGLECTS TO DEAL EFFECTIVELY WITH REFORMS AND MEDICAL LIABILITY THAT ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED TO REDUCE THE UNCONSCIONABLE COST OF MEDICINE. |
| 01:14:08 | OUR VOTE TO REPEAL IS NOT MERELY SYMBOLIC, IT REPRESENTS THE TRUE WILL OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC AND WILL PAVE THE WAY TO REFORM OUR HEALTH CARE IN A WAY THAT WILL ALLOW OUR CITIZENS TO HAVE THE GOOD, COST-EFFECTIVE HEALTH CARE AND AFFORDABLE, PORTABLE HEALTH INSURANCE THEY NEED WHILE MAINTAINING THE QUALITY, CHOICE, AND INNOVATION THAT REPRESENTS THE BEST OF AMERICAN MEDICINE. |
| 01:14:32 | THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER AND I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 01:14:35 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NEW YORK. |
| 01:14:39 | MS. VELAZQUEZ: I CONTINUE TO RESERVE. |
| 01:14:41 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI. |
| 01:14:43 | MR. |
| 01:14:44 | GRAVES: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. |
| 01:14:45 | AT THIS TIME, I YIELD ONE MINUTE TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM ARIZONA, MR. |
| 01:14:51 | BOSSIER. |
| 01:14:52 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM ARIZONA IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 01:14:59 | MR. GOSAR: THE HEALTH CARE LAW PASSED LAST YEAR DID NOT FIX ANY PROBLEMS, IT ONLY MADE THINGS WORSE. |
| 01:15:04 | SMALL BUSINESSES CAN BARELY MAKE ENDS MEET. |
| 01:15:07 | NOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS IMPOSING MORE MANDATES, MORE TAXES AND MORE RED TAPE. |
| 01:15:12 | ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. AS A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND FATHER, I KNOW THAT THE WAY TO PROVIDE MORE HEALTH CARE TO INDIVIDUALS AND CREATE MORE JOBS IS NOT THROUGH GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACIES, DEFICIT SPENDING AND HIGHER TAXES. |
| 01:15:26 | RATHER WE NEED TO EMPOWER BUSINESSES, BIG AND SMALL, TO BAND TOGETHER TO PURCHASE HEALTH INSURANCE. |
| 01:15:35 | WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT REAL HEALTH CARE REFORM THAT WILL LOWER THE COST OF CARE AND OPEN UP ACCESS. |
| 01:15:39 | TORT REFORM, RED TAPE REFORM, PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS REFORM. |
| 01:15:43 | THESE ARE REFORMS THAT WILL WORK. |
| 01:15:46 | REFORM THE CURRENT LAW FAILED TO ADEQUATELY ADDRESS OR IGNORED ALTOGETHER. |
| 01:15:50 | IF WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT PUTTING OUR NATION BACK TO WORK, WE CAN START BY REPEALING THIS ONEROUS HEALTH CARE LAW AND WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO IMPLEMENT TRUE HEALTH CARE REFORM. |
| 01:16:00 | I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 01:16:03 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NEW YORK. |
| 01:16:07 | MS. VELAZQUEZ: I CONTINUE TO RESERVE. |
| 01:16:09 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI. |
| 01:16:11 | MR. GRAVES: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. |
| 01:16:13 | AT THIS TIME I YIELD ONE MINUTE TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM PENNSYLVANIA, MR. |
| 01:16:16 | FITZPATRICK. |
| 01:16:17 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 01:16:20 | MR. |
| 01:16:21 | FITZPATRICK: I RISE IN SUPPORT OF THE REPEAL OF THE SO-CALL AID FORDABLE CARE ACT BECAUSE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT IS UNAFFORDABLE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS. |
| 01:16:31 | SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE ACT, MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE SEEN DOUBLE DIGIT PREMIUM INCREASES. |
| 01:16:38 | THE ACT IS UNAFFORDABLE FOR STATES ALREADY BILLIONS IN THE RED AND UNABLE TO SHOULDER BILLIONS MORE IN MEDICAID COSTS. |
| 01:16:47 | IT IS UNAFFORDABLE FOR SENIORS WHO WILL SEE REDUCTIONS IN MEDICARE SPENDING. |
| 01:16:53 | AND IT'S UNAFFORDABLE FOR THE AMERICAN TABBLINGS PAYER WHO WILL SEE A $700 BILLION INCREASE IN THE DEFICIT. |
| 01:16:59 | WE MUST ENACT REAL HEALTH CARE REFORM, TORT REFORM FOR DOCTORS, PERMITTING INDIVIDUALS REAL COMPETITION TO PURCHASE ACROSS STATE LINES AND ENACTING AND ENHANCING HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. |
| 01:17:11 | THESE ARE THE CORNERSTONES OF REAL HEALTH CARE REFORM AND AFFORDABILITY TO MAKE HEALTH CARE AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR SENIORS, STATES AND GENERATIONS OF TAXPAYERS TO COME. |
| 01:17:23 | I YIELD BACK. |
| 01:17:24 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NEW YORK. |
| 01:17:28 | MS. VELAZQUEZ: HOW MUCH TIME DOES EACH SIDE HAVE REMAINING? |
| 01:17:32 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLELADY HAS SIX MINUTES REMAIN, THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI HAS SIX AND A HALF MINUTES REMAINING. |
| 01:17:41 | MS. VELAZQUEZ: I YIELD TWO MINUTES TO THE GENTLELADY FROM CALIFORNIA. |
| 01:17:43 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLELADY IS RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES. |
| 01:17:51 | MS. |
| 01:17:52 | RICHARDSON: I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO KEEP TRUE TO THE -- TO THE CALL FOR CIVILITY. |
| 01:17:58 | THIS ISN'T OBAMACARE, IT'S CALLED THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. |
| 01:18:02 | AT A TIME WHEN AMERICANS HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE A REGULAR DOCTOR, TO PREVENT SITTING IN HOSPITAL ROOMS IN EMERGENCY WAITING FOR DESPERATE CARE, WE HAVE A CHANCE. |
| 01:18:12 | WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO SMALL BUSINESSES IN CALIFORNIA AND MY OWN HOME TAUN, 15,100 SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE SEEN A 50% TAX CREDIT TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES. |
| 01:18:24 | OVER 16,000 ADDITIONAL SMALL BUSINESSES WILL NOW BE ELIGIBLE FOR HEALTH CARE EXCHANGES THAT WILL MAKE INSURANCE AFFORDABLE. |
| 01:18:37 | NOW ARE TALKING ABOUT CONSIDERING SOMETHING THAT WOULD PREVENT MEDICARE FOR 63,000 BENEFICIARIES, EXTENDING COVERAGE TO 88,000 RESIDENTS IN MY DISTRICT. |
| 01:18:49 | THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT GUARANTEEING 17,000 RESIDENTS WHO HAD PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. |
| 01:18:58 | I WILL VOTE NO ON H. |
| 01:19:00 | R. 2 AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER NOT REVERSING, IT'S NOT TIME TO GO BACK, IT'S TIME TO STEP FORWARD. |
| 01:19:08 | I YIELD BACK. |
| 01:19:09 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN YIELDS BACK. |
| 01:19:12 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI. |
| 01:19:13 | MR. GRAVES: I YIELD ONE MINUTE TO THE THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO. |
| 01:19:17 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 01:19:25 | MR. STIVERS: THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. |
| 01:19:27 | I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR YIELDING TIME. |
| 01:19:29 | I RISE IN SUPPORT BECAUSE DOING OTHERWISE WOULD BE SUPPORTING THE JOB-KILLING STATUS QUO AND THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. |
| 01:19:38 | WHETHER WE START OVER OR WORK TO FIX THE CURRENT LAW, WE MUST ACT. |
| 01:19:43 | I'M COMMITTED TO WORK IN A BIPARTISAN TO SUPPORT REFORMS THAT WE AGREE ON, SUCH AS HELPING PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS GET ACCESS AND ALLOWING YOUNG ADULTS TO STAY ON THEIR PARENTS' PLAN BUT I WANT TO ELIMINATE THE MANDATES AND 1099 REQUIREMENT IN THE LEGISLATION. |
| 01:20:04 | SMALL BUSINESS OWNER FROM MY DISTRICT CALLED THE OTHER DAY AND WANTED TO TALK TO ME ABOUT THE BURDENS OF THE 1099 PROVISION AND CALLED IT A NIGHTMARE AND WILL INCREASE HER BURDEN BY 12 TIMES. |
| 01:20:16 | WE NEED TO LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS FOR FAMILIES AND ALLOW A MORE PATIENT-CENTERED APPROACH AND NOT PLACING BURDENS ON THE BACKS OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. |
| 01:20:26 | I YIELD BACK. |
| 01:20:28 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME. |
| 01:20:32 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI. |
| 01:20:34 | MR. |
| 01:20:35 | GRAVES: I YIELD ONE MINUTE TO THE THE GENTLEMAN FROM ARKANSAS, MR. |
| 01:20:39 | WOMACK. THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. |
| 01:20:42 | MR. WOMACK: THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. |
| 01:20:44 | THROUGHOUT THIS DEBATE, THERE HAS BEEN TALK ABOUT JOBS AND THERE SHOULD BE. |
| 01:20:48 | THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THAT THIS LAW IMPACTS AMERICAN WORKERS. |
| 01:20:52 | TAKE FOR EXAMPLE, AN ELECTRIC COMPANY IN MY DISTRICT. |
| 01:20:57 | IT HAS 6,000 EMPLOYEES ACROSS AMERICA AND THE IMPACT IS $2. |
| 01:21:04 | 9 MILLION. |
| 01:21:06 | HOW DOES A COMPANY LIKE VALDOR ABSORB THAT COST BY AUTOMATING ITS PROCESSES AND THROUGH ATTRITION, ALLOWING 50 JOBS TO DISAPPEAR. |
| 01:21:15 | ELIMINATING 50 JOBS IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS LAW FOR A COMPANY LIKE VALDOR NOT TO MENTION THOUSANDS OF COMPANIES ACROSS AMERICA SIMILARLY SITUATED IS NOT MY IDEA OF RESTORING ECONOMIC PROSPERITY FOR AMERICA. |
| 01:21:28 | I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT H. |
| 01:21:30 | R. 2 AND BEGIN THE PROCESS OF CRAFTING A MEANINGFUL, AFFORDABLE AND WORKABLE SOLUTION. |
| 01:21:35 | THAT'S THE WAY FORWARD. |
| 01:21:36 | I YIELD BACK. |
| 01:21:39 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME. |
| 01:21:41 | THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NEW YORK. |
| 01:21:43 | MS. VELAZQUEZ: I YIELD 1 1/2 MINUTES TO THE THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK, MR. |
| 01:21:47 | WIENER. |
| 01:21:48 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. |
| 01:21:49 | MR. |
| 01:21:50 | WEINER: ANY OF THE MEMBERS WHO HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THE IMPACT ON SMALL BUSINESS, ARE ANY OF THEM IN FAVOR OF THE TAX INCENTIVE THAT IS PROVIDED ON SMALL BUSINESSES TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE? |
| 01:21:59 | OF COURSE THEY ARE. |
| 01:22:00 | NOW, THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW IT'S IN THE BILL BECAUSE TO LISTEN TO THE RHETORIC, THEY JUST CAME OFF THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, THEY SAID GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER, JOB KILLING, BUT I WOULD URGE YOU TO READ THE BILL. |
| 01:22:13 | SMALL BUSINESSES GET 30% TO 50% TAX INCENTIVE TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE. |
| 01:22:20 | AND YOU KNOW WHAT REQUIREMENTS THEY HAVE TO GO ALONG WITH THAT? |
| 01:22:25 | NONE. NO GAUDY REGULATION, NO GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER AND JUST A WORD, I KNOW YOU ARE CAUGHT UP IN THE RHETORIC OF THE CAMPAIGN, THIS IS TAX BREAKS THAT ARE GOING TO GO TO CITIZENS TO BUY PRIVATE INSURANCE POLICIES. |
| 01:22:41 | WHERE IS THE GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER IN THAT? |
| 01:22:44 | SOME OF US BELIEVE THAT MEDICARE WHICH YOU REFERRED TO AS A GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER IN HEALTH CARE, WHICH I'M SURE YOU ARE OPPOSED, SOME OF US BELIEVE THAT THE INSURANCE COMPANIES AREN'T PROVIDING VALUE ADDED HERE, BUT THEY ARE THE BENEFICIARIES. |
| 01:22:57 | SMALL BUSINESSES TODAY, IF THE REPUBLICANS ARE SUCCESSFUL, WILL LOSE THAT TAX INCENTIVE. |
| 01:23:02 | YOU THINK THAT WILL CREATE A LOT OF JOBS, GUYS? |
| 01:23:06 | AND YOU THINK SMALL BUSINESSES BENEFIT WHEN THEY DON'T PROVIDE HEALTH INSURANCE? |
| 01:23:13 | WHO DO YOU THINK PAYS THAT BILL, THE BILL FAIRY? |
| 01:23:18 | YOUR TAXPAYERS. |
| 01:23:19 | WHAT'S YOUR SOLUTION? |
| 01:23:20 | THEY DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION. |
| 01:23:21 | WE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE AGAINST AND AGAINST TORT REFORM AND DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE FOR. |
| 01:23:27 | WELCOME TO THE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY. |
| 01:23:30 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: MEMBERS ARE REMINDED TO ADDRESS THEIR COMMENTS TO THE CHAIR. |
| 01:23:35 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI. |
| 01:23:37 | MR. GRAVES: MADAM SPEAKER, I WOULD YIELD TWO MINUTES TO THE THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK, MR. |
| 01:23:47 | GIBSON. |
| 01:23:48 | MR. |
| 01:23:49 | GIBSON: PERMISSION TO REVISE AND EXTEND MY REMARKS. |
| 01:23:51 | I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR YIELDING. |
| 01:23:54 | I EXPRESS THE SENTIMENTS OF MY DISTRICT. |
| 01:23:57 | WITH HEALTH CARE COSTS CONTINUING TO RISE SEVERAL TIMES THE RATE OF INFLATION YEAR AFTER YEAR, CLEARLY WE NEED REFORM. |
| 01:24:05 | HEALTH CARE COSTS WERE 4. |
| 01:24:09 | 7% IN 1960, THEY ARE OVER 17% TODAY. |
| 01:24:12 | THE BILL PASSED LAST YEAR IS NOT THE ANSWER. |
| 01:24:15 | WE WILL END UP WITH HIGHER COSTS, HIGHER PREMIUMS, HIGHER TAXES AND BURDENSOME REGULATION AND MORE BIG GOVERNMENT AT A TIME WE SHOULD BE CONSOLIDATING. |
| 01:24:24 | WE NEED TO START OVER AGAIN AND I BELIEVE WE CAN FIND SOLUTIONS THAT DRIVE DOWN COSTS AND EXPANDS ACCESS WITHOUT HURTING SMALL BUSINESSES AND STEPPING ON OUR FREEDOMS. |
| 01:24:38 | THIS BILL PASSED LAST YEAR EXPANDS THE GOVERNMENT'S EXPANSION IN HEALTH CARE, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING IN MY DISTRICT. |
| 01:24:49 | AT A TIME WHEN BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON JOB CREATION, THIS IS NOT THE WAY FORWARD. |
| 01:24:55 | THE NEW TAXES AND REGULATIONS WILL HURT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, INCLUDING THE MEDICAL DEVICE INDUSTRY WHERE OUR REGION LEADS THE NATION. |
| 01:25:05 | THE NEW LAW, IF NOT REPEALED, WILL HURT FAMILIES ACROSS MY DISTRICT AND ACROSS AMERICA. |
| 01:25:10 | THE CHANGES TO THE MEDICAID PROGRAM WILL PUT BURDENS ON STATES ALREADY FACING DIFFICULT CHALLENGES. |
| 01:25:16 | I PLAN TO VOTE FOR REPEAL. |
| 01:25:17 | AND LATER THIS WEEK, I PLAN TO VOTE FOR HOUSE RESOLUTION 9 TO INSTRUCT COMMITTEES TO REPORT A REPLACEMENT BILL FOR WIDER OPTIONS AND CHOICES AND MEDICAL LIABILITY REFORM. |
| 01:25:32 | WE SHOULD ENGAGE IN A CIVIL, BIPARTISAN DISCUSSION WITH OUR COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE AISLE. |
| 01:25:36 | OUR REPLACEMENT BILL SHOULD INCLUDE COVERAGE FOR PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS AND ENSURE THAT COVERAGE CAN'T BE DROPPED WHEN YOU ARE SICK. |
| 01:25:44 | THE FATE OF THIS REPEAL EFFORT WILL HINGE ON THE KEPT AND QUALITY OF THE REPLACEMENT BILL. |
| 01:25:49 | IF WE BRING FORWARD IN THIS HOUSE A NEW PLAN THAT DRIVES DOWN COSTS AND INCREASES ACCESS AND PROTECTING CHOICES, I BELIEVE THE PEOPLE EVALUATING THE TWO PLANS WILL PRESSURE THE SENATE AND PRESIDENT TO REPEAL AND REPLACE BECAUSE WE NEED REFORM BUT THE BILL IS NOT THE ANSWER. |
| 01:26:10 | WE NEED TO START OVER. |
| 01:26:12 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. |
| 01:26:14 | THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NEW YORK. |
| 01:26:15 | MS. |
| 01:26:16 | VELAZQUEZ: I WOULD LIKE TO INQUIRE AS TO HOW MUCH TIME IS REMAINING. |
| 01:26:20 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NEW YORK HAS THREE MINUTES REMAINING. |
| 01:26:23 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI HAS 2 1/2 MINUTES REMAINING. |
| 01:26:28 | MS. VELAZQUEZ: I WOULD LIKE TO INQUIRE THROUGH THE CHAIR HOW MANY SPEAKERS THE GENTLEMAN HAS REMAINING. |
| 01:26:34 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI. |
| 01:26:36 | MR. GRAVES: I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS AND I'M PREPARED TO CLOSE. |
| 01:26:42 | MS. VELAZQUEZ: I YIELD TWO MINUTES TO THE THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA, MR. |
| 01:26:47 | GARAMENDI. |
| 01:26:48 | THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES. |
| 01:26:50 | MR. GARAMENDI: MADAM SPEAKER, THIS IS THE MOST REMARKABLE OF ALL CHAMBERS WHERE DISCUSSIONS TAKE PLACE BECAUSE IF YOU SAY SOMETHING THAT IS NOT TRUE, SOMEBODY WILL BELIEVE THAT IT'S ACTUALLY TRUE. |
| 01:27:03 | WHAT I HAVE HEARD TODAY ON THE FLOOR, I'M GOING, WELL, THAT'S A MARVELOUS THING, WHEN, IN FACT, OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE WANT TO ENACT REFORMS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE. |
| 01:27:15 | ALREADY IN PLACE IS THE PATIENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS. |
| 01:27:19 | NO RECISIONS. |
| 01:27:20 | NO PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. |
| 01:27:22 | CHILDREN BEING ABLE TO STAY OR YOUNG ADULTS BEING ABLE TO STAY ON THEIR PARENTS' POLICIES UNTIL THE AGE OF 26. |
| 01:27:31 | THEY SAY THEY WANT IT, IT'S THE LAW OF AMERICA. |
| 01:27:34 | WOULD YOU. |
| 01:27:35 | WHAT ARE WE GOING TO REPEAL? |
| 01:27:36 | YOU GOING TO REPEAL THAT? |
| 01:27:40 | YOU SMALL BUSINESSES TO BE TAKEN CARE OF? |
| 01:27:43 | SO DO WE. IF YOU EMPLOY LESS THAN 50 PEOPLE AS A SMALL BUSINESS, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY REQUIREMENTS AT ALL. |
| 01:27:49 | IF YOU WANT TO PROVIDE HEALTH INSURANCE TO YOUR EMPLOYEES, WOW, THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A SUBSIDY, 35% NOW AND BUILDING TO 50% IN THE YEARS AHEAD. |
| 01:28:03 | WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT? |
| 01:28:04 | WHERE'S THE HARM TO SMALL BUSINESS? |
| 01:28:07 | WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT HERE? |
| 01:28:11 | I DON'T GET IT. |
| 01:28:12 | IT'S IN THE LAW ALREADY. |
| 01:28:14 | EVERYTHING I HAVE HEARD IN THE LAST HALF HOUR IS THE LAW OF AMERICA. |
| 01:28:20 | SO, WHY ARE YOU REPEALING IT, SO THE INSURANCE COMPANIES CAN GET ANOTHER SHOT AT TAKING OVER THE CARE OF PATIENTS, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY DO AND EXACTLY WHAT I KNOW, BECAUSE I WAS THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER EIGHT YEARS IN CALIFORNIA AND I KNOW WHAT THE INSURANCE COMPANIES DO. |
| 01:28:37 | THEY ARE THE ONES THAT MAKE THE DECISIONS. |
| 01:28:40 | WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. |
| 01:28:41 | THAT'S WHY THE PATIENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS IS THE LAW IN AMERICA TODAY. |
| 01:28:46 | THE PATIENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS WOULD BE REPEALED BY H. |
| 01:28:49 | R. 2. NOT GOOD FOR AMERICANS. |
| 01:28:52 | NOT GOOD. |
| 01:28:53 | SOME 30 MILLION PEOPLE WOULD LOSE THEIR OPPORTUNITY FOR INSURANCE. |
| 01:28:57 | I YIELD BACK MY TIME, MADAM SPEAKER. |
| 01:29:02 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NEW YORK. |
| 01:29:05 | MS. VELAZQUEZ: MADAM SPEAKER, WILL WILL SMALL BUSINESSES LOSE IF HEALTH CARE REFORM IS REPEALED? |
| 01:29:11 | THE SMALL BUSINESS TAX CREDITS OF UP TO 50% WILL BE LOST. |
| 01:29:16 | INSURERS WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE PRICE GOUGING. |
| 01:29:21 | INSURERS WILL BE ABLE TO DENY SMALL BUSINESS COVERAGE WITHOUT ANY JUSTIFICATION. |
| 01:29:28 | NEW HEALTH INSURANCE UPSHOOTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES WILL BE ELIMINATED. |
| 01:29:34 | SMALL BUSINESSES WILL BE UNABLE TO POOL RESOURCES TO PURCHASE COVERAGE. |
| 01:29:40 | INSURERS WILL BE ABLE TO DELAY SMALL BUSINESSES ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE. |
| 01:29:46 | NEW HEALTH OPTIONS FOR THE SELF-EMPLOYED WILL BE ABOTTLE ISSUED. |
| 01:29:53 | I URGE A NO VOTE AND I HOPE THAT WE STAND THE REMAINDER OF THIS CONGRESS MEASURES THAT TRULY GET SMALL BUSINESSES HIRING AND CREATING JOBS. |
| 01:30:06 | WHAT WE NEED IS TO GET THIS ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK. |
| 01:30:11 | BY REPEALING HEALTH CARE REFORM, WE WILL NOT ACHIEVE THAT. |
| 01:30:14 | I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 01:30:18 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI. |
| 01:30:20 | MR. |
| 01:30:21 | GRAVES: SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE CONTINUE TO ARGUE OR CONTINUE TO CLAIM THAT THE HEALTH CARE LAW IS GOING TO BENEFIT SMALL BUSINESSES DESPITE THE MOUNT OF FACTS THAT ARE OUT THERE, SPECIFICALLY WHAT WAS ARGUED EARLIER IS THE HEALTH CARE TAX CREDIT IS GOING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR EMPLOYERS TO OFFSET THE COSTS TO PROVIDE HEALTH INSURANCE. |
| 01:30:40 | UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS FAR FROM THE TRUTH, ANY POTENTIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THIS TAX CREDIT IS OUTWEIGHED BY THE PAPERWORK BURDENS THAT THIS LAW IS GOING TO PILE ON SMALL BUSINESSES. |
| 01:30:53 | MADAM SPERGER, THE AMERICAN -- SPEAKER, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SPOKE LOUDLY AND MOVE AWAY THAT IMPOSES BURDENS ON ENTREPRENEURS. |
| 01:31:07 | MADAM SPEAKER, I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE FOR H. |
| 01:31:09 | R. 2 AND LET'S GET BACK ON TRACK. |
| 01:31:14 | I YIELD BACK. |
| 01:31:15 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME. |
| 01:31:19 | PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 1-C OF RULE 19, FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THIS BILL IS POSTPONED. |
| 01:31:30 | PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 12-A OF RULE 1, THE CHAIR DECLARES THE HOUSE IN RECESS UNTIL APPROXIMATELY |
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