Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019

Floor Speech

Mr. FLORES. Mr. Speaker, a few days ago, White House and congressional Republicans presented a bold, bipartisan plan of action to help hardworking Americans deal with our current challenges. This plan puts much-needed resources where they are most needed: our families, our healthcare system, our small businesses, our other businesses affected by this crisis, and our State and local governments.

One of the things that we found out during this crisis is that our healthcare system supply chain relies far too much on foreign sources like Communist China. We can never allow this to happen again.

In order to fix that problem, I am pleased the Senate and House negotiators included my request to help fund $3.5 billion to utilize three existing centers in innovation for advanced development manufacturing.

One of these CIADMs is part of the Texas A&M University System, which I represent. These public-private CIADM partnerships are uniquely positioned to accelerate research, development, and manufacture of vaccines and therapeutics to mitigate pandemics, and they do it right here in America.

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Mr. Flores. Mr. Speaker, I rise to state that if there is a recorded vote, I would vote: ``yea'' on H.R. 748, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, as amended.

As referenced in my earlier remarks during the H.R. 748 debate, this legislation takes vital steps to send cash to struggling Texas families, provide economic relief for small businesses and working Americans, and give our healthcare providers more of the resources they need.

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