[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 403]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   HISTORIC DAY--REPEAL OF OBAMACARE

  (Mr. GRAVES of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, today is a historic day in 
America. Acting on the will of the voters and the majority of all 
Americans, today we will vote to repeal ObamaCare.
  Now, while the Senate appears less interested in following suit, here 
in the House this vote marks the beginning of round two of a vigorous 
and spirited national debate on health care. Over the coming months and 
weeks, this debate will go from Congress to kitchen tables all across 
this country. So as we reengage in this debate, the party on the left 
questions: Why do the American people want this policy repealed so bad? 
So let's revisit some of those areas.
  Number one, the employee mandate, penalizing and punishing businesses 
for not having government-approved health care; the individual mandate, 
punishing and taxing Americans who choose not to have government-
approved health care; the $569 billion in new taxes on the American 
people; jobs being lost; the cost of the bill, $2.6 trillion with a 
$700 billion deficit over the first 10 years of its life; and, yes, 222 
corporations already exempt and waived from this policy. That's why.
  It's time to reopen the debate, debunk the myths, and replace this 
law with less costly, market-driven solutions that truly expand access 
and affordability, and above all, preserve our individual liberties.

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