[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1230 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1230

 Commending the efforts of State legislatures, Attorneys General, and 
  citizens to resist the implementation of the Patient Protection and 
                          Affordable Care Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 2010

Mr. Garrett of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Culberson, Mrs. Blackburn, 
 Mr. Jones, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Gohmert, and Mr. Gary G. Miller of 
 California) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Commending the efforts of State legislatures, Attorneys General, and 
  citizens to resist the implementation of the Patient Protection and 
                          Affordable Care Act.

Whereas the expanding Federal Government is encroaching on the rights 
        constitutionally reserved for the States and individuals;
Whereas the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act attempts to regulate 
        inactivity rather than an activity of United States citizens and the 
        Constitution does not grant the Federal Government the power to regulate 
        inactivity;
Whereas Congress has never before considered, prior to the individual mandate, 
        legislation that would require citizens to purchase a private good;
Whereas if Congress has this authority under the Constitution, there is 
        virtually no limit to its power to micromanage the lives of our 
        citizens;
Whereas the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act creates an entirely new 
        Federal entitlement program, while the growing cost of existing Federal 
        entitlement programs are already crippling future generations with 
        mountains of debt;
Whereas the legislatures of more than three-fourths of all the States, including 
        those of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, 
        Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, 
        Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, 
        Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North 
        Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South 
        Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and 
        Wisconsin, have proposed legislation reaffirming their 10th Amendment 
        right to rule and govern in areas not specifically delegated to the 
        Federal Government by the Constitution;
Whereas many of the bills proposed by the State legislatures recognize that 
        numerous actions by Congress are weakening States rights through 
        legislation like the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act;
Whereas more than a dozen state Attorneys General, including those from Alabama, 
        Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South 
        Carolina, Utah, Virginia, and Washington, have filed or announced their 
        intention to file lawsuits challenging Congress's authority to force 
        citizens to buy health insurance;
Whereas numerous doctors' groups, such as New Jersey Physicians Inc., and 
        individuals around the country have or are preparing to file suit 
        against this unconstitutional law; and
Whereas 54 percent of Americans oppose the Patient Protection and Affordable 
        Care Act and 56 percent of Americans think the Federal Government has 
        become so large and powerful that it poses an immediate threat to the 
        rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) commends the efforts of State legislatures, Attorneys 
        General, and citizens to resist the unconstitutional 
        implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
        Act; and
            (2) applauds these groups' endeavors to protect the rights 
        and the interests of American citizens.
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