[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 57 (Tuesday, April 2, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H2947]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       DON'T GET VOTED OFF THE ISLAND BECAUSE OF HEALTHCARE COSTS

  (Mr. LEVIN of Michigan asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. Madam Speaker, last week in Federal court, 
President Trump radically expanded his war on American's healthcare, 
asking the court not only to strike down protections for people with 
preexisting conditions, but to eliminate every last protection and 
benefit provided by the ACA.
  I am a two-time cancer survivor. Two of my four kids have lived with 
Crohn's disease for 14 years. There is no way to spin this. Without the 
protections of the Affordable Care Act, my family would be in big 
trouble.
  If America's healthcare system was a reality TV show, under this 
President's mean-spirited, every-person-for-himself approach, I guess 
my family would get voted off the island because, with the hand God 
dealt us, we simply cost too much.
  This week, the people's House will vote to make clear that we don't 
believe in that vision of America, and we will not stand idly by while 
Mr. Trump does everything he can to take away the protections and the 
benefits that American families like mine depend on.
  Madam Speaker, I implore my Republican colleagues to stand with us 
and improve the ACA for the American people.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from 
engaging in personalities toward the President.

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