Tom Malinowski: “I will close by saying there is no question whatsoever what the administration intends to do. They have been trying from…”

“I will close by saying there is no question whatsoever what the administration intends to do. They have been trying from day one, from January 2017, to repeal the Affordable Care Act and its essential protections for the American people. The only thing that has changed is that it has become politically impossible for anyone in America to say that you are opposed to protecting people with preexisting conditions, and so a war against healthcare protections is being covered up by a war against the English language. Everyone says, ``We are for preexisting conditions,'' yet every single step the administration and its supporters take is designed to weaken those protections. This amendment and the underlying bill say that you can't do that anymore. They guarantee, going forward, that the ACA's protections are respected and that any experimentation by the States will have to be consistent with those protections. Madam Chair, I urge my colleagues' support for the amendment and the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.”