[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4486]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   OBAMACARE DESERVES AN ``F'' GRADE

  (Mrs. HARTZLER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. HARTZLER. Mr. Speaker, last week marked the 2-year anniversary 
of the President's health care law's going into effect, and as a former 
teacher, I think it's important that we look at and see how it makes 
the grade. I believe that if you compare it to the matrix of its failed 
promises that it deserves an ``F.''
  They said that it would create jobs. It didn't. In fact, CBO says 
800,000 people will lose their jobs because of it.
  They said it would lower costs. It hasn't. Premiums have increased by 
over $2,000 per individual.
  They said that Americans would be able to keep their own plan and 
their own doctor. The administration's own estimates say that over 20 
million Americans could lose employer-sponsored health care as a result 
of it.
  Is it constitutional? I believe it's not. It's time to have grade A 
health insurance here in America, one that increases accessibility and 
affordability. That's what House Republicans are advancing, and that's 
what Americans deserve.

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