Joe Crowley: “I thank my friend from Michigan for yielding this time. I listened to my friend from Indiana a moment ago quote…”

“I thank my friend from Michigan for yielding this time. I listened to my friend from Indiana a moment ago quote President Lincoln. I would like to think that if President Lincoln were President today he would have supported this legislation, the Affordable Care Act, and that maybe we would call this LincolnCare today. I would say myself that I would call it President LincolnCare as I call it today President ObamaCare. {time} 1720 I notice my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are very much on target in terms of their talking points today. Each and every one has repeatedly called it ObamaCare, a pejorative, bringing down not only the legislation we're talking about, but diminishing the office of the President of the United States. I remind them that we have many people listening to the debate today, including young people. We should be beholden to the office of the presidency. That's why I call it President ObamaCare. But this morning, the Speaker of the House, when asked why we're wasting time and energy on another repeal vote said: ``We are resolved to get rid of a law that will ruin the best health care delivery system the world has ever seen.'' Resolved to get rid of the best health care system the world has ever seen? That is what we had before the Affordable Care Act? I think my constituents--and I would daresay some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle--would disagree with that.…”