[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6939]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          REPEAL OF OBAMACARE

  (Mr. HULTGREN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HULTGREN. Madam Speaker, the President's health care law is full 
of broken promises, and these are only becoming more evident as the law 
begins to take effect.
  His law promised affordable health insurance for all Americans, a 
fine goal. But since 2008, health care premiums have actually increased 
by over $3,000.
  His law promised universal health care coverage, but according to the 
Congressional Budget Office, the law will leave 30 million Americans 
without insurance.
  His law promised to help Americans with preexisting conditions, but 
the program it set up to care for them is already turning qualified 
applicants away.
  And the once promising future of medical innovation in America has 
been stifled by his new taxes and regulations, including its poorly 
conceived tax on medical devices, the repeal of which I have 
cosponsored here in the House.
  Madam Speaker, we've also already seen that it's caused small 
businesses to cut back worker hours. And the uncertainty over pending 
regulation makes businesses, small and large, hesitate to hire new 
people or make new investments, slowing down our economic recovery.
  It's time for repeal and real reform.

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