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On the recordFebruary 3, 2015
As I said before, we have several hundred bills, a menu of options to repeal, to replace, some comprehensive, some targeted. And I would remind the Democrats that ObamaCare cut $716 billion out of Medicare to fund ObamaCare. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased now to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. McCarthy), our great majority leader. Mr. McCARTHY. I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, today the House will vote on a bill that we have voted on many times in this Chamber. Mr. Speaker, you want to know why? The answer is very simple. The law is a disaster. We still can't afford its costs, and the American people still don't want it. The House, on both sides, is intimately tied to the will of the people. We talk to, we listen to our constituents every day. In our districts, we listen to them at meetings, in the grocery store, at the gas station, and in our houses of worship. And every 2 years our neighbors either send us back to Washington to fight for them or send someone else. In the most fundamental way, their priorities are our priorities because we directly represent them. When it comes to ObamaCare, the people could not be clearer. Mr. Speaker, you know what they have said? They said, We don't want it. We don't want higher premiums. We don't want to be forced to buy all sorts of coverage that we don't need and can't afford. Mr. Speaker, they have also said, We don't want to lose our doctors, as millions have.…
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Joe Pitts
Republican · Pennsylvania
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Feb 3, 2015

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