[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 148]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     DON'T MAKE AMERICA SICK AGAIN

  (Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I want to follow my colleague 
and my neighbor in Texas to regret the loss of our two National 
Guardsmen from the 36th Division. The 36th Division is a historic 
division, Texas division, T-Patchers, and to lose two of our soldiers 
is tragic.
  But I am on the floor today to talk about health care. The Republican 
majority has taken the first legislative step to make America sick 
again. The first step was to take away health care from tens of 
millions of Americans, including premium increases for millions more in 
America. The second action lights the fuse on the dangerous legislative 
process that threatens to cut Medicare, Medicaid, and health tax 
credits that Americans are now benefiting from.
  There should be no reform without a replacement because we may never 
have a replacement, but we have millions of Americans who will lose 
their healthcare coverage because of the actions of this House. Let's 
don't make America sick again.

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