[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14070]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          DEFUNDING OBAMACARE

  (Mr. SMITH of Missouri asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Madam Speaker, when I talk to folks back home 
in my rural Missouri district, it remains clear that our families and 
businesses want to defund ObamaCare. As time goes on, the list of 
problems with the President's health care mandate continues to get 
longer. The reality of rising premiums, job-killing mandates, and 
jeopardized patient care are proof that this unworkable legislation 
must be stopped.
  Today the House of Representatives will vote to defund President 
Obama's health care law. The vote will be a victory for my constituents 
who are adamantly opposed to ObamaCare and the disastrous impact it 
will have on our rural economy.
  After the House of Representatives votes to defund ObamaCare today, 
the United States Senate must justify to the American people why 
ObamaCare is too harmful for businesses but should still be forced on 
families and individuals. The Senate must justify why special interests 
are eligible for waivers and delays while average Americans will be hit 
with ObamaCare's tsunami of mandates, fines, and confusions.
  Madam Speaker, I urge the United States Senate to follow the House's 
lead and defund ObamaCare.

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