Steve King: “I thank the gentleman from Texas for his leadership on the Rules Committee and in many other ways; and I also thank Dr.…”

“I thank the gentleman from Texas for his leadership on the Rules Committee and in many other ways; and I also thank Dr. Burgess, another gentleman from Texas on the Rules Committee whose amendment is being offered by Mr. Sessions. As I listen to this dialogue, Mr. Chairman, I am just thinking that States do have rights. They have the right to control any of the healthcare services that are funded by individuals or States. This only affects that because it has Federal dollars in it. We drive at a 55- mile-an-hour speed limit because the Federal Government sets that. So I rise in support of this amendment, but the States are not funding Medicare, Medicaid, or ObamaCare.”