[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14577]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               OBAMACARE

  (Mr. GOHMERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, I was sitting back here when a Democratic 
leader came to that microphone and with indignation in his voice 
demanded the Republicans act responsibly.
  Mr. Speaker, I would ask you: Was it responsible for the Democratic 
Party, when they had Republicans willing to say, yeah, we will agree to 
a bill that let's 26-year-olds be on their insurance with their 
parents, we will agree to work something out so insurance companies 
can't abuse people with preexisting conditions--they didn't want our 
help. They said, We don't need your vote. They didn't get one because 
they didn't want it.
  They took a massive--my copy was about 2,500 pages, rammed it down 
America's throats without even having them stick out their tongue and 
say, ``Ahh.'' This is irresponsible.
  We are the ones that are acting responsibly and trying to mitigate 
the damage they've done to the American people--their health care 
they've lost they didn't get to keep, their doctors they've lost they 
didn't get to keep, and now the economy that's been devastated.

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