[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17064]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     OBAMACARE CONSTITUENT STORIES

  (Mr. WILLIAMS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. WILLIAMS. Mr. Speaker, last week, President Obama apologized for 
not being ``clear enough'' when he promised to the public that if you 
like your current health care plan, you can keep it. Now, 3.5 million 
Americans have already received letters from their insurance companies 
informing them their current plan will no longer be offered. That 
number is expected to reach 10 million.
  Let me share with you just two stories from the 25th District of 
Texas.
  Robert from Austin, Texas, started a new business this year and has 
private insurance for his family that costs $450 a month. His insurer 
called him this week to let him know his premiums will now be $1,200 a 
month--more than his mortgage. What is affordable about that?
  Dianne from Driftwood, Texas, is a cancer survivor with an adopted 
special needs child and believed the President when he said she could 
keep her and her child's doctors, but her doctors will no longer accept 
her insurance.
  Mr. Speaker, I have a growing pile of similar letters and emails on 
my desk, and what I see is a tragedy in America.
  Let's let those who like their health care keep their health care, 
let's make positive reforms for those currently uninsured, and let's 
restore the financial stability and relief that ObamaCare has robbed 
from many of us. Americans are hurting.
  In God we trust.

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