[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2026)]
[House]
[Pages H149-H150]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        ACA TAX CREDITS EXPIRED

  (Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina. Madam Speaker, Christmas has come and 
gone. As the ball dropped bringing in a new year, families in eastern 
North Carolina and across the Nation literally on New Year's Day are 
feeling the squeeze of rising healthcare insurance costs.
  It is not a happy new year for everyone. These are hardworking 
families, our neighbors and friends, trying to raise kids and buy 
groceries, and they are small business owners.
  Congress must act to extend these subsidies so hardworking families 
aren't left stretching out tight budgets

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and forced to face skyrocketing health insurance premiums, or better 
yet, left without coverage all together.
  We can pursue meaningful reforms. Let me say it again. We can pursue 
meaningful reforms without sacrificing access to affordable care, and 
that is exactly what the people sent us here to do.

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