[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11148]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   LET'S WORK TOGETHER ON HEALTHCARE

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, Republicans have threatened to repeal and 
replace the Affordable Care Act for 7 years, but earlier this week, 
they failed again to deliver on this threat. So next week, the Senate 
will vote on a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act without a 
replacement.
  If this bill were to pass, 32 million people will lose their health 
insurance, insurance premiums will go up, and insurance markets will 
unravel. That is exactly why this bill will not pass. But Mitch 
McConnell and the Republican leadership are going to have a vote 
anyway.
  What is the point?
  The American people are sick and tired of Washington failing to get 
things done. It is time--in fact, well past time--for Republicans to 
stop going it alone. All of us came here to serve our constituents, but 
that is not going to happen unless Republicans are willing to work in 
good faith with Democrats to make the necessary improvements to the 
Affordable Care Act.
  If we work together, none of us will get everything we want, which is 
true, but our constituents will finally get the progress they have been 
waiting for, and that is much more important.

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