[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4727]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     THINK ABOUT YOUR CONSTITUENTS

  (Mr. DEUTCH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DEUTCH. Mr. Speaker, the GOP health repeal bill rips coverage 
from 24 million Americans.
  So I ask my colleagues: Can you imagine what it is like to gasp for 
air, your chest tightening and your lungs burning from asthma, worrying 
that you might black out because you cannot get enough oxygen?
  This week a constituent of mine from Fort Lauderdale told me: Thanks 
to the Affordable Care Act, I am finally able to breathe.
  The ACA dropped her asthma medicine costs from $600 per month to $10. 
Without the ACA, she cannot afford to breathe.
  Can you imagine your medication within reach but you can't afford to 
use it? If you take your medicine when you need it, if you help 
yourself breathe now, you can't afford it next month.
  As you jog up the Capitol steps for this vote today, as you take for 
granted every easy breath you take today, think about your constituents 
who rely on their health care for their next breath and vote ``no.''

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