[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15349]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 LET'S DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE

  (Mr. McHENRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Speaker, tonight I had a wonderful tele-townhall 
meeting with my constituents from across the 10th District of western 
North Carolina.
  We had a lot of discussions tonight about the government shutdown and 
about the Affordable Care Act, or ObamaCare. My constituents gave me 
great feedback. They said, Keep fighting because we want to see a 
repeal of ObamaCare. But they said, We want the President to come to 
the table and negotiate; we want Washington to work.
  I also asked my constituents if they had seen their health insurance 
rates go up as a result of ObamaCare. Fifty-eight percent said they had 
seen rates go up; 9 percent said they had seen them go down; and the 
balance said they had seen no change.
  Clearly, it is harming families with increased health insurance 
rates. My constituents want a repeal, but they want Washington to work. 
So I call on the President, and I ask our friends over in the Senate to 
come to the table with House Republicans and try to come to consensus 
so we can move our Nation forward and do what's right for the people.

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