[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 131 (Friday, September 11, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H5945]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      RESTORING CONSTITUTIONAL BALANCE ON THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, this week, as we somberly memorialize the 
tragic attacks of 14 years ago, we can also rejoice in our 
constitutional values being upheld by a Federal court this week, in 
that the President's overreach on the Affordable Care Act will be heard 
under our separation of powers.
  The court has confirmed the U.S. House has standing to preserve legal 
claims on the President's overreach once again, this time, illegally 
overstepping his bounds on the Affordable Care Act and handing out $175 
billion to insurance companies.
  It is very important for the people's voice to be heard on an action 
that was never voted upon or even seen in the public light of day on 
the Affordable Care Act and its inability to meet its goals of being 
affordable. Instead, the price is going up. Rates are going up.
  So this action is, indeed, a strike for our constitutional values, 
the ones we fought for, the ones we memorialized, the ones that are 
dear to our country.

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