Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act

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Ms. LINDA T. SÁNCHEZ of California. Madam Speaker, it's no secret that our economy is still sluggish. So our top priority in this Congress should be about creating jobs. It's certainly my top priority. And I want to work with Republicans to meet that goal. Instead, House Republicans are focused on repealing patients' rights, putting insurance companies back in charge and ballooning the deficit. American families have suffered and waited far too long for the freedom and security that affordable health care provides. And now the Republican majority is trying to take that freedom and snatch that security away.

If Republicans have their way, families will once again lose their benefits when insurers unfairly cancel or cap their coverage. If Republicans have their way, children with disabilities and pregnant women won't be safe from discrimination by insurers. If Republicans have their way, seniors in my district will be forced to return the $250 in prescription assistance they received under the Democratic health care reform bill, and millions of hardworking Americans will lose the freedom to start their own business because they will be afraid of giving up the health insurance tied to their current job.

This is a costly plan for seniors, children, and families in my district and
for the taxpayers of America. To stand up for families that deserve and need our help, we must reject this plan. I urge everybody to vote ``no'' on the repeal of health care. I thank the gentleman from Michigan.

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