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On the recordMay 14, 2014
I rise to speak with regard to ObamaCare. The good Senator from Wyoming made compelling points, as did the Senator from Indiana before him. What I would like to do is to start for a minute by reading from some letters I have received from constituents in my State with regard to ObamaCare or the Affordable Care Act. These are from hard-working people who are trying to figure out what to do about their health insurance with ObamaCare in place. I think really those are the voices that speak louder than any others--the voices of people from across this great country who live in all of our States--and they are writing to Members of this body and say: Hey, here is what I am experiencing. So this is not just coming down and expressing an opinion on the Affordable Care Act. This is what people are saying. This is what they are telling us. I think it is very important we take the time to listen and to understand the very real difficulties they are having with something that is so vitally important to all of us, and that is health insurance. I would like to start by reading some of these letters. The first one is from somebody who lives in the Fargo area. They start out: I live in West Fargo and my Employer is based out of South Dakota. In 2011 I obtained my own Family Health Care Insurance due to a job change and my new employer's Health Care coverage seemed excessive.…
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John Hoeven
Republican · North Dakota

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