Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act

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Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of this bill, and I hope this is only a first step in the pursuit of making quality, affordable health care available to all Americans.

This year we have the chance to correct mistakes made by both parties. The ObamaCare bill passed by the other party last year was the wrong approach. It increases the debt and the deficit for future generations while doing nothing to decrease the inflationary curve of health care. It was the wrong approach.

No party is perfect. The last time our party had the majority, while there were many on our side of the aisle who worked diligently to reform health care, the job was left undone. Getting this right is one of the reasons the people of southwest Washington sent me to Congress. Now, the good news is that solutions exist that can fix our health care system and bring costs down for middle-income families. Today, we hit ``reset'' on health care reform.

I invite my Democratic colleagues to join me in advancing solutions that help small businesses and middle-income families--solutions like small business health plans, ending junk lawsuits that drive up the cost of everyone's care, the expanded use of health savings accounts, and the ability to purchase health care across State lines.

These are patient-centered solutions that won't grow government, but are solutions that will make health care more affordable and more accessible to all Americans. I sincerely hope we vote today to seize this chance.

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