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“Madam Chair, I just want to remind everyone that under the CLASS Act there's not one person in the United States who would receive long-term care benefits under that act because it doesn't work. At this time I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. McKinley). Mr. McKINLEY. Madam Chair, I rise today in favor of H.R. 1173. This bill would save hardworking taxpayer dollars and eliminate a costly and flawed ObamaCare provision known as the CLASS Act. This program was sold as a self-sustaining program, one that would reduce Federal spending. However, the program was problematic from the start. The President and the Democrat leadership in the Congress knew this fact over 2\1/2\ years ago and still included the CLASS program in the health care bill. During an investigation, it was revealed that Obama administration officials and Senate Democrats were very much aware that this was not going to work and that Department officials warned for a year before passage that the CLASS program would be a fiscal disaster. As far back as May of 2009, the CMS Chief Actuary sent an email that warned officials that the program doesn't look workable. These 200 pages of exhibits from the investigation show that Department officials were voicing concern to Senate leadership all the way up until passage in December of 2009. This was all concealed from Congress and the American public. After enactment, the concerns continued.…”