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On the recordJanuary 11, 2017
I come to the floor today to discuss the continued broken promises of ObamaCare--the Affordable Care Act--that passed in the most partisan of fashions several years ago, and to discuss the process by which we are putting together a repeal-and- replace package and the pieces we will be voting on tonight and over the next several weeks and months. ObamaCare's failures are simple. The promises that have been broken are clear. While partisan supporters of the administration's plan continue to promote the success of this poorly conceived law, Coloradans know far better. Time and again, hundreds of thousands of Coloradans have felt the consequences of the Affordable Care Act in their pocketbooks, in their workplaces, in their doctor's offices, and in the choices they have for health care. The past 6 years have been marred by higher costs, fewer choices, and less competition in Colorado and across the Nation. It is now time that we stand up for the American people to restore reliable and stable health care, as well as health care markets and insurance markets, and to undo the damage done to our health care by the failed law known as ObamaCare. Let's just review the broken promises we have seen--not just a broken promise that the President himself made to the American people but broken promises echoed by the partisan supporters of ObamaCare.…
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Cory Gardner
Republican · Colorado
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Jan 11, 2017

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