[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 10 (Thursday, January 12, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H221-H222]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               KEEPING EASTERN NORTH CAROLINIANS HEALTHY

  (Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address

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the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina. Madam Speaker, I rise on behalf of 
eastern North Carolina.
  Nearly 100,000 eastern North Carolinians do not have access to 
affordable healthcare, placing them in the Medicaid coverage gap.
  Madam Speaker, more than a decade after the passage of the Affordable 
Care Act, 12 States have declined to expand coverage. This is simply 
unacceptable.
  That is why one of my first acts as a Member of Congress included 
cosponsoring H.R. 31, the COVER Now Act. This bill, introduced by my 
good friend, Lloyd Doggett of Texas, is a critical piece of legislation 
that would allow local authorities to provide health benefits to 
residents of States that have not expanded Medicaid.
  Madam Speaker, the hardworking people of eastern North Carolina make 
up more than 20 percent of our State, and we must do all that we can to 
keep them safe and healthy.

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