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Ted Poe: I thank the gentlewoman, and I thank your mother for being so kind. I appreciate the fact that you're bringing this to…

On the recordSeptember 27, 2013
I thank the gentlewoman, and I thank your mother for being so kind. I appreciate the fact that you're bringing this to the attention of the American public and to Members of Congress again. The Affordable Care Act, it's not affordable, and it has nothing to do with care. We cannot afford it, and it's the health care of the Nation now turned over to the government. Are you kidding me? That's why we are so persistent in trying to change a bad decision by Congress, the Affordable Care Act. So this morning, I asked people that are on my Facebook to answer this question: How's ObamaCare affecting you and your business? Share your story with me. Well, I got a lot of them, and I can't give them all today. {time} 1215 Here's what Stan says: I lost my job and had to take one with lower pay and no insurance, as a result of ObamaCare. Carolyn says: My husband's insurance increased 162 percent. The gentlelady from Minnesota knows these are real people. These aren't statistics out there in the fruited plain. These aren't theories by the President. These are real people who are affected by the President's signature legacy nightmare law. Ray says: My family didn't get a congressional exemption. Can you get me one? Ray, good point. Members of Congress ought to be under the same laws as everybody else in the country. Everybody ought to be under ObamaCare. And he brings out a good point. I have here 729 exemptions of the over 1,200 that were granted by the President for waivers of ObamaCare.…
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Ted Poe
Republican · Texas
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Sep 27, 2013

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