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




                    CONGRESS SHOULD REPEAL OBAMACARE

  (Mr. BURGESS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, breaking news. This morning the United 
States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld a challenge to the 
ObamaCare health insurance subsidies being granted in Federal 
exchanges.
  So what does this mean?
  The Affordable Care Act was written so that tax subsidies for 
insurance premiums were only allowed in State-based exchanges. But so 
far, 14 of the 50 States have set up State-based exchanges. Many 
others, including Texas, are in Federal fallback exchanges.
  Today's ruling said that these States are getting subsidies 
illegally. This means that 7\1/2\ million people could potentially owe 
the Federal Government thousands of dollars that they would have to pay 
back.
  Mr. Speaker, this law was a disaster from the start. It was a rough 
draft written in a Senate committee, came over here and was 
rubberstamped by the House, and then it went to rulemaking at the 
Federal agency.
  So is it really any surprise that it is being dialed back by the 
courts?
  Between this and the Hobby Lobby decision 2 weeks ago, it is clear 
that the drafting was all wrong, and 7\1/2\ million people are now 
paying the consequences.

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