[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 102 (Wednesday, June 24, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H4604]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                            IPAB REPEAL VOTE

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, it is no secret that I am 
opposed to ObamaCare. I have been since day one. It is a bad law that 
is hurting Americans. It is hurting Americans with higher costs; it is 
hurting Americans because they have lost doctors they liked, and it is 
hurting our seniors because it will ration their health care.
  When ObamaCare created the Independent Payment Advisory Board, it put 
15 unelected bureaucrats in charge of what payments Medicare seniors 
could get for their treatments. Many people have referred to this Board 
as a ``death panel.''
  That is wrong. I have been working to repeal this Board, and 
yesterday, I was proud to stand up for our seniors by voting for the 
Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act, which would do just that.
  The Senate needs to pass this commonsense bill now, and we need to 
keep working to see that ObamaCare is fully and permanently repealed.

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