[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H452]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
REPEAL OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
(Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given permission to address the House for
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Speaker, we are less than 2 weeks into the start of
the new Congress and Republicans are already trying to make good on
their central campaign promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Regrettably, it is a promise that will cause more than 30 million
Americans and at least 86,000 Rhode Islanders to lose their health
coverage. It will increase prescription drug costs for almost 16,000
Ocean State seniors, and it will cost Rhode Island an estimated 12,000
jobs in 2019, according to a recent report by The Commonwealth Fund and
George Washington University.
Mr. Speaker, the Republicans' promise to repeal the Affordable Care
Act will have devastating consequences for healthcare providers,
patients, families, and even employers. I have long said that ObamaCare
isn't perfect, and I am willing to work in a bipartisan manner to
improve it--a task we have tried to accomplish for years without
Republican cooperation.
Mr. Speaker, the budget resolution the Republicans are jamming
through Congress now is anything but bipartisan. I pledge to do
everything in my power to fight their cynical attempts to revoke the
health coverage of thousands of Rhode Islanders and of millions of
Americans who need it and who depend on it.
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