[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 30, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H5061]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          HONORING AMERICANS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES TO COVID-19

  (Ms. McCOLLUM asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the over 200,000 Americans 
who have lost their lives to COVID-19 and the over 7 million people who 
have been infected.
  The pandemic has put great stress on our communities and wreaked 
havoc on our economy. Millions of Americans have lost their jobs and, 
with it, their health insurance.
  During the pandemic, common sense would say we should strengthen our 
national healthcare system. President Trump and the congressional 
Republicans continue their assault on the Affordable Care Act, urging 
the courts to strike the law down.
  The House has passed 340 bipartisan health bills. The Senate refuses 
to take them up.
  The President signs executive orders that do nothing. They do not 
protect people with preexisting conditions or cover preventative 
medicine. The ACA does.
  The President claims to have a healthcare plan to replace the ACA, 
but he only intends to release it after the election.
  This is no way to govern. It is time to end the political stunts, to 
work across the aisle, and to get serious about the health of the 
American people.

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