[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 22, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3036]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



      Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019

  Mr. MURPHY. Mr. President, the House recently passed a piece of 
legislation called the Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions 
Act. The substance of this legislation would prevent a Trump 
administration rule from going into effect that would allow for States 
to license the kind of insurance plans that Senator Baldwin was 
referring to. These are plans that do not cover preexisting conditions 
or the essential healthcare benefits.
  I am going to offer right now a unanimous consent request to proceed 
to immediate consideration of this bill. I suspect it will be objected 
to. After an opportunity for Republicans to object, I will speak to the 
merits of this legislation. So let me start with a request to bring 
this legislation that will protect people with preexisting conditions 
and the essential healthcare benefits to the floor.