[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 69 (Thursday, May 16, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H2665]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                         AMERICANS NEED TO KNOW

  (Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, the President made a pledge 
to Americans: If you elect me and you like your current health care, 
you'll be able to keep it.
  The reality today is that nearly 7 million people are set to lose 
their employer-sponsored health insurance when the President's health 
care law goes into full effect. On January 1, many Americans will be 
forced into an exchange program that has not even been set up.
  Nancy Pelosi promised the American people Congress must pass the bill 
so you can find out what's in it. The Democratic-controlled House 
passed the bill almost 4 years ago. They didn't know what was in the 
bill then, and they don't know what to do now.
  We're less than 7 months away from many Americans being forced into 
exchanges. Yet they don't know what options are available to them.
  What we do know is that consumers are already looking at sharp 
premium increases. The very people who were promised the most, those 
young people under the age of 29, are expected to get increases 
somewhere in the range of 200 percent.
  This is unacceptable, Mr. Speaker. Most Americans operate under a 
budget. Americans need to know what the increases in their health care 
costs will be and what plan options are available. Americans need to 
know the effects that this legislation will have on their lives, and 
they need to know now.
  The administration has had 4 years to figure this out, and the only 
thing they've figured out is that they don't know what to do.

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