[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1630]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           OBAMACARE HAS WON

  (Ms. SCHAKOWSKY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, the Affordable Care Act is working. Here 
is what I hear:
  Women can afford to get pregnant because maternity is covered. 
Parents sleep better because their children are covered up to age 26. 
People with preexisting conditions are no longer terrified that they 
are going to be uninsured. Small businesses are saving money. Doctors 
and nurses are saving lives because patients can come to them. In 
Illinois, over 700,000 individuals are newly insured, and we are not 
even through with enrollment.
  As the President said in this Chamber 2 weeks ago: ``That is good 
news, people.''
  But, today, we have gone back to the Republican old song book--yet 
another vote to repeal ObamaCare. Let me warn them that they do this at 
their peril. Tens of millions of Americans, many insured for the first 
time and others who can finally afford insurance, will not give it up 
without a fight.
  Let's hope the 56th time of a vote to repeal will be the last so we 
can get to the real work of raising wages and creating good jobs and 
passing equal pay and of comprehensive immigration reform and improving 
retirement security and passing a renewed Voting Rights Act. The war 
against ObamaCare is over, and ObamaCare has won.

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