[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1047]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                PEELING BACK THE MANY LAYERS OF THE ACA

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Trump 
administration's recently announced action of peeling back the many 
layers of the Affordable Care Act. For millions of hardworking 
Americans who have carried the burden of this law, relief is finally on 
the way. President Trump's first order of business was to issue an 
executive order to begin reversing the damages of the Affordable Care 
Act and start to minimize costs for consumers.
  Under the ACA, premiums have skyrocketed while access to health care 
has dwindled for many Americans, including many of whom reside in my 
own California's First District. The American people have spoken. They 
want this disastrous law repealed. Grand claims of 20 to 30 million 
newly covered are obscured by the fact that over 6 million would rather 
pay the penalty because they can't afford the Affordable Care Act.
  The quick action taken by President Trump will aid our efforts in 
Congress to both repeal and replace the ACA with something better. The 
American people have suffered through the nightmare that is ACA. 
Luckily, they won't have to do so for much longer.

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