[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 24, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H2265]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. YARMUTH. Madam Speaker, in the wake of the phenomenal 
accomplishment we made this weekend, my constituent and Senator, Mitch 
McConnell, said, We have a new slogan for the fall, ``Repeal and 
Replace.'' Well, that really doesn't surprise because while we have 
been legislating for the American people, our opponents on the 
Republican side have been doing little more than sloganeering.
  I hope Mitch McConnell does come home to Kentucky this year and tells 
parents like my niece, whose 1-year-old son was rejected for insurance 
because he had had an ear infection, that we are going to repeal that 
provision that guarantees kids be protected against being disqualified 
for preexisting conditions. I hope he says we are going to repeal the 
provision that says that 15,000 small businesses in my district alone, 
and in his district, his hometown, will be denied that tax credit 
providing insurance for their employees. I hope he says that we are 
going to repeal that provision that narrows the doughnut hole for about 
100,000 Medicare beneficiaries.
  I say I have a slogan to combat ``Repeal and Replace,'' ``Just Wait 
and See.''

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