[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 17059-17060]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               OBAMACARE

  (Mr. GARDNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GARDNER. Mr. Speaker, as my colleagues today have already pointed 
out, the President made this promise to the American people:


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       If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep 
     your health care plan. Period.

  I have in my hand a letter sent to my office from Noel, from Akron, 
Colorado, in my district. This is, in part, what it says:

       I am a 37-year-old automotive mechanic in the family 
     business, volunteer firefighter, devout Catholic. My wife, 
     Heather, is a 33-year-old third grade teacher. Our daughter 
     is 2 years old, our son is 1 year old, and our third child is 
     due in March. I recently received a letter from Rocky 
     Mountain Health Plan stating that my existing policy is 
     canceled as of January 1, 2014, due to mandated government 
     policies.

  250,000 Coloradans have lost their insurance. That is more people 
than have now signed up across this country, nationwide, for ObamaCare.
  Noel, you are not alone. I join you because I too lost my health 
insurance when I chose to opt out of the congressional coverage, one of 
the 250,000 people that lost our coverage. And it is time for this 
President to uphold his promise to the American people.

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