On the recordJanuary 6, 2016
I am pleased to speak today in support of the Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act. Under the leadership of Committee on the Budget chairman, Dr. Price, and our Speaker, Paul Ryan, we will soon deliver an ObamaCare dismantle bill to the President's desk. By passing this legislation: We will fulfill our promise to use every possible tool to stop the President's expensive healthcare law; We will eliminate the unpopular mandates of the backbone of the Affordable Care Act; We will protect Americans from tax penalties for failing to purchase an expensive Washington-approved product that just so many people at home can't afford; We will end the tax penalties facing America's job creators who don't offer health insurance that meets Washington bureaucrats' very expensive tastes; We will deliver real relief from a dozen Democrat tax increases that drive American jobs overseas and punish American workers; We will protect taxpayer dollars by repealing an ObamaCare slush fund and ensuring that your taxpayer subsidies don't go to people who aren't eligible for them, and if they do, they are returned to the Treasury; We will--and this is important to me--demonstrate our strong commitment to women's health. Instead of funding Planned Parenthood and its gruesome practices, we will fund high-quality community health centers, and we will help ensure more women have access to quality health care.…
