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Devin Nunes: At enormous cost and in the face of tremendous opposition across the country, the previous majority in Congress forced…

On the recordJanuary 19, 2011
At enormous cost and in the face of tremendous opposition across the country, the previous majority in Congress forced on the American people a great socialist experiment in government health care. No area of the American health care system was left untouched by ObamaCare. In the name of reform, the Democrat majority expanded a broken government program, Medicaid. They cut funding from what is already the Nation's largest unfunded liability, Medicare. And then, basking in their glory, they added a whole new entitlement program to our catastrophic national debt. The American people were never told the truth. They were promised health care choices but saw them taken away. They were promised they would save money but saw their health care get more expensive. The most in need were promised access to health care through Medicaid, a program that is not only bankrupting the Federal Government but the State governments as well. Madam Speaker, the clock was unfortunately turned back last year. Failed socialist policies reemerged from the dust bin of history, and it was a dark chapter for our Nation.
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Devin Nunes
California
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Jan 19, 2011

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Nunes criticizes the Democratic majority for implementing ObamaCare and its impact on American health care.

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