[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15548]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           RECOGNIZING LOREN THORSON OF GREEN VALLEY, ARIZONA

  (Ms. McSALLY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. McSALLY. Mr. Speaker, we are called the people's House for a 
reason. We are sent to Washington to be the direct voices of our 
constituents back home. Last week, it was my honor to take action on an 
issue that was originally brought to my attention by one of my 
constituents from Green Valley, Arizona.
  Loren Thorson served in World War II as a Navy commander. When he saw 
a report 5 years ago describing a little-known tax increase in the 
Affordable Care Act that is hurting families and is scheduled to hit 
seniors in 2017, he looked into it and knew something had to be done. 
He has sent letters, made phone calls, written editorials, and done 
much more to raise the alarm about this little-known issue.
  After hearing about this issue from him, my office has worked with 
Members from both parties in the House and in the Senate to move the 
issue forward and fix it. Those efforts resulted in my introduction 
last week of bipartisan legislation, with my lead, to repeal this tax 
hike and put Loren's ideas into action.
  Mr. Speaker, this is how our government is supposed to work. I am 
grateful for Loren's tireless efforts to protect seniors and middle 
class families, and I will continue to work to advance his and my 
constituents' ideas in Congress.

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