Scalise on Senate Passage of Reconciliation

Statement

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) today issued the following statement following Senate passage of H.R. 3762, the Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015:

"I applaud the Senate for passing a strong reconciliation bill that guts Obamacare and defunds Planned Parenthood. Since early this year I have strongly advocated using the reconciliation process to achieve these goals because it is the most sure fire way to put those conservative principles on President Obama's desk.

"For a long time, the Senate's failure to move conservative, House-passed legislation has been a major frustration for us. Today, a reconciliation bill cleared that Senate hurdle, and I look forward to the House taking it up so that we can send it to President Obama and force him to make a decision: Will he take this opportunity to undo the damage of Obamacare's mandates, lost coverage, and unaffordable premium hikes? Or will he continue to force this failed, Washington-knows-best policy on the American people against their best interests? Reconciliation forces President Obama to make that choice and I'm proud to have helped lead this effort."

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