[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 57 (Tuesday, April 2, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H2975-H2976]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               CONDEMNING REPUBLICAN HEALTHCARE SABOTAGE

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to condemn President Trump and 
his anti-life Republican enablers in Congress as they seek to repeal 
the Affordable Care Act, cutting off millions of Americans from their 
lifeline of affordable healthcare.
  Just last week, the Trump administration announced its support of a 
Federal ruling that would strike down the

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entire Affordable Care Act. To do so would threaten the lives of 
millions upon millions of Americans, including 130 million Americans 
with preexisting conditions.
  If President Trump and Republicans get what they want and the entire 
ACA becomes invalidated, then the current cost of healthcare for 
millions of people will skyrocket.
  More than 130 million Americans, more than one-third of our people, 
live with preexisting conditions, and they would no longer receive 
protection under Federal law.
  Mr. Speaker, the American people deserve a caring President and 
Congress; they deserve a President who is committed to expanding access 
to affordable healthcare; they deserve a Congress that is committed to 
protecting those with preexisting conditions; and they deserve a 
government willing to stand up to the insurance industry and Big 
Pharma, whose profits will soar even more if the Affordable Care Act is 
struck down.
  We were elected by the people to work together to strengthen our 
healthcare system, not destroy it. I thank Representative Allred for 
introducing a resolution condemning the administration's attack on the 
American healthcare system, and I urge its swift passage through this 
House and Senate.

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