[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4030]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             #RESISTREPEAL

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, as we speak, 24 Members, Democrats, 
have been sitting with our Republican friends in Energy and Commerce 
for more than 24 hours, hunkered down on a bill that no one has seen, 
no one has read, or no one knows what it is about. Contrast that to the 
Affordable Care Act with over 79 hearings, over a 2-year period, 
hundreds and hundreds of hours of hearings, 181 witnesses from both 
sides of the aisle, ongoing interaction with the American people. And 
what did we get? Over 20 million people, lower costs in Medicare, 
Medicaid, and employer coverage.
  What are we getting now in this document that is called a healthcare 
bill? Loss of coverage with 15 million Americans kicked off of health 
insurance, 73 million Americans may lose their health insurance, 
undermining employer-sponsored coverage that more than 177 million 
individuals would be jeopardized, no CBO assessment of what it is going 
to cost, how many jobs will be lost, and you will be paying more for 
your insurance and getting less. And the loved ones that you have in 
nursing homes that are dependent upon Medicaid, even though they 
worked, may be kicked out as we speak.
  Go forward on the D.C. 24 #ResistRepeal.

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