[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 103 (Wednesday, July 11, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H4790]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           GET SOMETHING DONE

  (Mr. BARBER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BARBER. Madam Speaker, I rise today as the Member who most 
recently faced an electorate, and I have heard loud and clear that the 
people of southern Arizona elected me for the very same reason the 
people of every other district elect their representative, to stand up 
for them.
  I wasn't here to vote on the Affordable Health Care Act when it 
passed, but I appreciate its benefits and that we must work to improve 
it. I rise today to speak against this repeal.
  We should be here having a robust discussion about how to make this 
law better. We should be acting to ensure that Medicare doesn't pay 
more for prescription drugs than the VA, and to keep rising insurance 
costs from hurting small businesses. We should be looking for ways to 
create jobs, to strengthen our middle class, to bolster our economy. We 
should rise above partisan bickering, move on, and get something done.
  This repeal bill sends a message to American families that this body 
cares more about political grandstanding than improving their lives. 
Let's put aside this charade and do the work for which we were elected.

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