[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1856]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        PUT AMERICA BACK TO WORK

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, instead of taking action for bigger 
paychecks for Americans or rebuilding America's crumbling 
infrastructure, House Republicans yesterday introduced legislation to 
repeal and undermine the Affordable Care Act.
  This legislation would undermine fundamental guarantees under the ACA 
that you can no longer lose or be denied coverage due to a preexisting 
condition. This latest proposal would put coverage for things like 
maternity care up to the whim of the States. It would include a tax 
hike on working families and would leave millions uninsured without any 
coverage at all.
  Mr. Speaker, this is not a serious proposal, and more than 2,000 days 
after President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, Republicans still 
lack a serious alternative.
  Thanks to the ACA, uninsured rates are at a record low and 
hardworking families can afford health care, but Republicans continue 
their obsession with stripping protections from affordable coverage.
  This is the wrong direction for our country. We should be working on 
putting America back to work.

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