[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 70 (Thursday, April 22, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2091]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      MAKING AMERICAN LIVES BETTER

  (Mr. MALINOWSKI asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MALINOWSKI. Madam Speaker, it is good to be able to stand on the 
House floor and speak, not about the crisis of the day or even my hopes 
for tomorrow, but about something this Congress has delivered to make 
people's lives better.
  When I first ran for this job, the number one demand I heard from 
voters was to make healthcare more accessible and the Affordable Care 
Act more affordable. With the American Rescue Plan, that is what we 
have done in a major way.
  By increasing ACA subsidies and capping premiums, we are enabling the 
typical middle-class family with marketplace coverage to save hundreds 
of dollars a month. A 60-year-old couple making $75,000 a year will 
save almost $1,400 a month. That is life-changing.
  Now we just have to make this permanent; to keep the promise that no 
American should be crushed by the cost of their healthcare; and to give 
people hope that, if they continue to vote for better government, they 
will continue to get it.

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