[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 57 (Wednesday, April 24, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H2276]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HELPING SICK AMERICANS NOW ACT

  (Mr. McKINLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McKINLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the 
Helping Sick Americans Now Act.
  I cosponsored this legislation because it addresses something that is 
particularly important to Republicans and Democrats alike: providing 
care for those who need it most.
  I strongly opposed ObamaCare and have supported the efforts to repeal 
it; however, it's the law of the land. In it, the President and 
Congress made a promise to help Americans with preexisting conditions. 
The President has broken this promise when he consciously cut off 
access to the program dealing with preexisting conditions and left tens 
of thousands of Americans with nowhere to turn for their health care. 
To many Americans, this is typical of Washington: empty gestures and 
broken promises. This has to stop.
  We have a chance to help people get the care they were promised by 
taking money from a wasteful slush fund. I intend to uphold the promise 
the President once made and now has broken. I urge my colleagues to do 
the same and vote for this commonsense legislation.

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