[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12629]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               OBAMACARE

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, today's D.C. Court of Appeals decision in 
Halbig v. Burwell held that the text of ObamaCare clearly ``makes tax 
credits available as a form of subsidy to individuals who purchase 
health insurance through exchanges established by the State.''
  Since 36 States have declined to establish exchanges, and many 
policies offered in the Federal exchange are untenable without subsidy, 
this ruling creates more problems for the already catastrophic 
implementation of ObamaCare.
  The poorly reasoned and partisan drafting of this law has led to 
massive hardship, disruption, and waste. I wish my colleagues across 
the aisle had worked with Republicans on sensible health care reforms 
that we could have passed, amended, and implemented on a bipartisan 
basis. But they chose not to do that, and today's ruling is yet more 
bitter fruit of that choice.
  ObamaCare, as implemented, is dramatically at odds with ObamaCare as 
written and is, thus, at odds with the rule of law. I commend the court 
for recognizing this.

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