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On the recordNovember 2, 2017
I recall things a little differently. I recall the lie of the year being, if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor, but I guess that is a debate for another day. Mr. Speaker, today's rule provides for consideration of an important piece of legislation to protect seniors' access to healthcare from the ill-advised Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board created by the Obama administration within the Affordable Care Act. I thank the authors, Chairman Brady and Dr. Roe, and the 270 House cosponsors of H.R. 849 for their thoughtful and bipartisan legislation, and I urge my colleagues to support the rule providing for consideration of this underlying bill, and then support the bill.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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