[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 118 (Friday, June 26, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H2520]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         DEMOCRATS REMAIN COMMITTED TO STRENGTHENING HEALTHCARE

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, on Monday, the House will vote on the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act, a bill that 
will lower healthcare costs and prescription drug costs, protect 
patients with preexisting conditions, expand Medicaid, and lower 
prescription drug costs.
  Democrats have been committed since the day we arrived here to 
strengthening access to quality healthcare.
  My colleagues on the other side of the aisle, on the other hand, are 
trying to rip away healthcare from 20 million Americans and weaken 
protection for 135 million Americans with preexisting conditions.
  They have been trying to do this for 10 years. They are obsessed with 
the very idea.
  Yesterday, President Trump joined 18 Republican Governors and 
attorneys general in filing a brief in the United States Supreme Court 
to have the entire Affordable Care Act declared unconstitutional in the 
middle of a global health pandemic. More than 40 million Americans have 
filed for unemployment; 120,000 Americans have died; and more than 2.25 
million Americans have been infected with this virus. There has never 
been a more important time to protect access to quality, affordable 
healthcare than right now.
  That is why Democrats are going to move forward with another bill 
that will further strengthen access to high-quality, affordable 
healthcare. It is important that we continue this fight to protect the 
American people and their access to healthcare.

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