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On the recordMarch 23, 2017
I am delighted that the distinguished gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Lowey) came down. She, not unlike many of those in her party, are intensely interested in making sure that the American people are going to get the opportunity to have something that I have always said is equal to or better than. The bottom line is that families on ObamaCare, or the Affordable Care Act, today--and that includes almost every single Member of Congress, including myself and my family--did not get what we were told would happen. Much of the Affordable Care Act was not even decided and developed until after the bill was put together, and we knew that ahead of time. They told us it is going to take a couple of years for us to put this together. Right now, here, today, only about 24 out of 100 physicians across this country even accept ObamaCare. The Republican plan is not simple, but it is easy to understand, and that is this: We allow every single person to stay on ObamaCare 2017, 2018, and 2019. That is undeniably in the bill, and they know that. We are allowing every single American that does not, today, receive the tax benefit, the benefit that goes back to World War II, an untaxed benefit by employers--we are allowing every single American family to be able to receive a tax credit. You cannot use both. You cannot double-dip into another system.…
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas

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