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On the recordJuly 10, 2012
Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the repeal of the ObamaCare Act. The original ObamaCare Act, which was passed in the middle of the night by the last Congress, without being read, has numerous fatal flaws. One, the worst of these is that it is a violation of our constitutional liberties. Two, it fails upon its primary goals of controlling costs and allowing Americans to keep their current health insurance coverage. Three, it hurts our hardworking taxpayers by adding over 20 new taxes costing over $800 billion. Four, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the CBO, it will cost our Nation's workers over 800,000 jobs. Five, in addition, now that the State Medicaid mandate has been ruled unconstitutional, those costs will increase by several hundred billion dollars over its already massive cost. Six, ObamaCare puts 15 unelected, unaccountable Federal bureaucrats between Americans and their health care providers. Seven, even though just partially implemented, it has caused health care insurance premiums across the country to increase dramatically. Eight, last but not least, ObamaCare is causing massive uncertainty for American business, hurting American job growth and our economy and the American middle class, adding pain to an already troubled Obama economy. Mr. Speaker, in light of these many flaws, it is time for Congress to do the right thing and to repeal this fatally flawed legislation. That is what H.R.…
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