[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 166 (Wednesday, December 15, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H8358]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                       VIRGINIA OBAMACARE RULING

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Madam Speaker, earlier this week, a Federal judge in 
Virginia acted to defend the American people from an unconstitutional 
mandate to purchase health insurance. It really shouldn't be a surprise 
that a Federal judge recognized what many of us noted months ago: the 
Constitution does not give Congress and the President the right to 
force Americans to purchase a particular good or service.
  Instead of finding ways to bring down the cost of insurance so that 
anybody can afford at least basic coverage, ObamaCare puts the Federal 
Government squarely in charge of the health care industry and then 
makes every American participate. The government defines what insurance 
is, what it does, what it covers and doesn't cover, and then forces you 
to buy it. Even with this unconstitutional mandate, health care costs 
will rise faster because of ObamaCare.
  The next Congress will act to repeal this mandate and all the other 
bad ideas in ObamaCare because we, too, have a responsibility to 
protect the Constitution of the United States.

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