[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 17, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4874-S4875]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                               Healthcare

  Mr. President, there are so many issues. Let me dwell on one of them, 
healthcare, where Leader McConnell's graveyard hurts every American: 
immigrant, nonimmigrant, Black, White, Brown, every religion, and every 
creed. Healthcare is the No. 1 issue in the minds of most American 
families. Millions of families across the country are still struggling 
with how to afford healthcare and how to afford prescription drugs, but 
at the moment, as I have mentioned, the Trump administration is 
actively supporting a lawsuit that would dismantle the healthcare 
protections we have today.
  The consequences of the lawsuit are mind-boggling: tens of millions--
tens

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of millions--would lose coverage and see premiums rise. Up to 133 
million Americans--close to half of us--who have preexisting conditions 
would see their protections vanish. Yet Leader McConnell has not 
allowed this Chamber to vote on whether the Senate can intervene in 
that lawsuit, let alone on any legislation that would improve our 
healthcare system. Astonishingly, many Republicans--many Senate 
Republicans--are publicly rooting for the Trump administration's 
lawsuit to succeed, even if it means plunging our country into a 
healthcare crisis.