[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17037]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               OBAMACARE

  (Mrs. BLACK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACK. Madam Speaker, Greg, a constituent from Fairfield Glade 
in my district, is one of tens of thousands across our State who has 
received one of these, a letter canceling their insurance policy.
  Greg wrote to me that he ``operates a small painting business and was 
very happy with the Cover Tennessee program for small businesses and 
their employees. This program is being canceled effective January 2014 
because it does not meet the minimum requirements of ObamaCare. This 
directly contradicts the promise made by President Obama that we could 
keep our existing programs,'' he says.
  Madam Speaker, just yesterday, it was reported that only 992 
Tennesseans--yes, less than 1,000 Tennesseans--have selected new 
coverage through the ObamaCare exchanges. Yet at least 94,000--yes, 
94,000--across our State have lost their coverage.
  The President must honor his promise to the American people and work 
with Congress to protect Americans like Greg.

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