John Garamendi: “Last week, on this floor, many of us tried to put an amendment on this piece of legislation that would read: If the…”

“Last week, on this floor, many of us tried to put an amendment on this piece of legislation that would read: If the repeal occurs, then every Member of Congress would lose his health care, keeping in mind that 31 million Americans will not have health insurance if the repeal takes place. So, 435 of us. If the bill is repealed, we should join the 31 million Americans who will not have health insurance if the bill is repealed. It seems to be the least we could do. If we want to harm 31 million Americans, if we want to take away the insurance from 31 million Americans, then, surely, 435 of us should be willing to go without insurance also. It turns out that not one Republican voted for that amendment. I wonder why. They want something that they are going to deny to 31 million Americans.”