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State Health Care Premium Reduction Act

Floor Speech

Date: June 29, 2020
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health Insurance Health and Health Care

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Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I rise today in opposition to this ObamaCare wish list legislation.

I want to start off by saying, Madam Speaker, how disappointed I am. How disappointed I am that this comes--this partisan healthcare legislation is being moved at such a serious time in our Nation's response to the pandemic.

This bill was developed and written without Republican input, which seems to be the thing to do these days. I was up here last week talking about the policing bill, same thing, no Republican input. Now we are talking about the healthcare bill. No Republican input. Partisan legislation, at a time when our country needs bipartisan solutions.

You know, when a bill is developed and written without Republican input, that is usually a good sign that there is no real intention of moving this legislation; and there is not. The other side, Madam Speaker, knows that this is not going to move.

Unfortunately, Americans are suffering right now, they are suffering from COVID-19. We should be working together, Republicans and Democrats, to create solutions that benefit every American. Unfortunately, this bill has many issues, it is a big government- controlled healthcare agenda.

Once again, Democrats are trying to mandate the price of drugs, or tax manufacturers out of the U.S. market if they don't comply, at a time when we need to be bringing back manufacturing to the United States. Now we are doing just the opposite with this partisan legislation.

My colleagues across the aisle want fewer cures during the pandemic. Fewer cures during the pandemic. Are you kidding me? That is the last thing America needs right now.

This legislation also expands ObamaCare subsidies, allowing some of the wealthiest Americans to get subsidies for insurance paid for by the hard-earned taxpayers' dollars.

This is not the time to be partisan, Madam Speaker, this is a time for us to work together. I hope my colleagues across the aisle can set aside these efforts and work with us to pass meaningful, bipartisan legislation.

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