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Obamacare Repeal

Floor Speech

Date: Feb. 5, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care

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Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, what a wonderful
opportunity to set the record straight.

I rise today to applaud my colleagues in the House for passing H.R.
596 on Tuesday which repeals ObamaCare in its entirety. This bill also
instructs committees to pass solutions that are patient-centered, free
market alternatives because ObamaCare is unaffordable.

I hear it when I am at my son's football games or when I go to the
grocery stores: it is important to Americans that Members up here in
Washington are listening to and fighting for them on this issue because
the President refuses to.

Today, in Thomas County, in south Georgia, a $3,500 deductible will
cost a 25-year-old $333 a month, and it will cost a 60-year-old $900 a
month. $900 for a $3,500 deductible, that is more like a mortgage
payment where I come from. This is the solution that according to the
President--the Democrats--that is affordable? Well, it is not
affordable, and it is hurting people.

I am proud to cochair a task force of conservative Members who are
working towards a patient-centered, free market alternative that
respects the freedom of the American citizens.

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