On the recordJuly 11, 2012
I appreciate the gentleman from Georgia and my colleague from Texas and all of my colleagues for joining us. As we wrap up tonight, you're absolutely right. We can do better. Health care, obviously, needs to be reformed. The costs that we are seeing and the increases in costs in health care need to be addressed, but this law doesn't do it. This law compounds the problem. Just look at its track record. I've been contacted by numerous constituents over the last year who were talking about premium notices with increases of 10 to 15 percent in the State of New York. It's not delivering on the promises. As my colleague from Texas says, read the law. Absolutely, read the law. We have. We have spoken in this body on behalf of the people and have said we stand for repeal. My colleague from Georgia is absolutely correct, and the Chief Justice's closing comments are absolutely correct--it's up to the people. That's when they will speak, in November 2012. I know that we stand on their side with the vote that we took today to say that we can do better. We need to stop this government takeover and these tax increases that are coming down the pike to pay for it. We need to stop it before it's too late, and November 2012 is the last stop to allow us to turn this back. With that, I am so pleased to yield back the balance of my time. ____________________
