[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 110 (Tuesday, June 27, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H5219]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
TRUMPCARE
(Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House
for 1 minute.)
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, today a number of us were able to go to
the children's hospital here in Washington, D.C., and met two
miraculous families, children with complex, chronic diseases. With the
love of their parents, one could not tell they were different from any
other child, yet they had horrific and difficult medical conditions.
Those parents were middle class working families, and said that,
without Medicaid, the half a million dollars of healthcare that keeps
those beautiful children alive and leads them to a pathway of a life of
love would not be possible.
I am glad that the Senate TrumpCare bill has been stopped in its
tracks, the same bill that the CBO has said will cause 49 million
Americans to lose their insurance in 2026.
There is no pathway to reform this bill. There is no White House
meeting, no Presidential cajoling and shooting deals back and forth.
These are lives of Americans, and as long as it takes, we will fight to
the end to stop the demolition of the Affordable Care Act, which most
Americans, over 50 percent, want the Affordable Care Act.
Stop the foolishness.
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