[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 4626-4627]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    TRUMPCARE BENEFITS THE SUPERRICH

  (Ms. TITUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. TITUS. Mr. Speaker, the GOP's disastrous healthcare proposal is 
really just the largest transfer of wealth to the superrich in this 
Nation's entire history. In fact, it gives the top 1 percent of earners 
a windfall of tax breaks and subsidies.
  The superrich are going to be able to buy a lot of things with this 
new money. It has been estimated they could buy: one Lamborghini, 26 
Rolex watches, or 44 sets of Super Bowl tickets.
  Thanks to this tax cut, in effect, you are shifting wealth from Main 
Street to Mar-a-Lago, from middle America to Mar-a-Lago, from my 
district to Mar-a-Lago. Forty-four thousand people in my district in 
southern Nevada will lose their health insurance according to the 
Center for American Progress.
  Our President said, well, he didn't know--not our President. He is 
not my President. Anyway, he said he didn't know health care could be 
so complicated. Well, if you look at this bill,

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it is really not very complicated. It is quite simple:
  Premiums go up, benefits go down; deductibles go up, coverage goes 
down; prices go up, healthcare for women goes down.
  Vote ``no'' on this bill.

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