[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17166]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               OBAMACARE

  (Mr. McCLINTOCK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, yesterday we heard yet another empty 
promise from the President that, by fiat, he can delay provisions of 
law under ObamaCare that have already cost a staggering 5 million 
Americans their health insurance.
  Now, notice that he has not changed the law. He has simply said that 
he will ignore the law, and he invites health insurers to do the same.
  This is a constitutional abomination. We live in a nation of laws and 
not of men. The principal constitutional responsibility of the 
President is to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. If a 
law is bad, we change that law. We don't ignore it.
  As a practical matter, the President's announcement has no effect. 
Since the law hasn't changed, the criminal and civil liability that a 
health insurer would incur for disobeying it has not changed either.
  The President has cruelly given people false hope while severely 
damaging the fundamental concept that separates democracy from 
despotism, the rule of law.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair reminds Members to refrain from 
making improper references to the President.

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