[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11054]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       STOP THE POLITICAL THEATER

  (Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DeFAZIO. On January 19, 2011, the Republicans voted to repeal 
ObamaCare. Thirty other times on the floor since then, they have voted 
to repeal ObamaCare, or part of ObamaCare. And today, for the 31st 
time, they will vote to repeal ObamaCare.
  How about doing something productive for the American people in terms 
of lowering health insurance and health care costs instead of your 
political theater here?
  The Supreme Court has ruled. Let's roll up our sleeves and improve 
what is the law of the land.
  I propose that today we should vote on my bipartisan amendment to 
take away the antitrust immunity of your friends, the insurance 
industry, so they can't collude to drive up prices, they can't collude 
to restrict coverage and divide up markets and make it more expensive 
for all Americans. The Consumers Union says this would mean a 10 to 25 
percent drop in everybody's health insurance in this country.
  Let's do something real. Stop the political theater. Let's help the 
American people get affordable health care and health insurance.

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