[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 99 (Thursday, June 14, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H5163]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           PROTECT OUR LOVED ONES WITH PREEXISTING CONDITIONS

  (Mr. VEASEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring awareness to the Trump 
administration's effort to gut the Affordable Care Act.
  Last Friday, the Justice Department failed to defend a key provision 
of the ACA that protects people with preexisting conditions. The 
decision jeopardizes millions of people's healthcare in Texas.
  The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex has one of the highest uninsured 
rates in the entire country. The congressional district that I 
represent, alone, has the highest uninsured rate in the entire country.
  Right now, Republicans are complicit in allowing insurance companies 
to discriminate against over 10 million Texans with preexisting 
conditions.
  Mr. Speaker, this is bad, and we are asking for basic empathy. We 
want to make sure that people don't have to live in a constant state of 
panic and praying for the day that their health is in jeopardy and know 
that their insurance won't be there for them.
  Let's save the Affordable Care Act. Let's make it stronger. These 
insurance plans that support hardworking families were put in place for 
a reason. We need to protect our loved ones with preexisting 
conditions, and that is what we demand.

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