[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12745]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       REPEAL MEDICAL DEVICE TAX

  (Mr. MESSER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MESSER. Mr. Speaker, the President's $30 billion excise tax on 
medical device manufacturers is bad for America. The tax is costing 
jobs, particularly in Indiana, and limiting patient access to 
lifesaving devices and therapies. We should not be putting American 
manufacturers at a competitive disadvantage and forcing Americans to 
look beyond our shores for care simply to pay for the President's 
broken health care law.
  There are more than 26,000 Hoosiers employed by the medical device 
manufacturing industry and thousands more whose jobs are supported by 
the industry. The Indiana General Assembly has passed a resolution 
calling for repeal of the tax. This House should pass H.R. 523, the 
Protect Medical Innovation Act, to repeal the tax, preserve patient 
access to care, and save these Hoosier jobs.

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