Rangel: "GOP's Attempt to Repeal ACA is Embarrassing"

Statement

Congressman Charles B. Rangel spoke on the House floor against the House Republicans' 37th attempt to repeal President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, which was enacted in March 11, 2010:

Mr. Rangel: "I think all of us came to this august body with the mandate that we should try to improve the quality of life for our constituents and therefore the United States, and the people that make our country so great.

Education. Health care, jobs. These are the things we want to do. But it's reached a point that this is no longer just putting Democrat at a political advantage. What [the GOP] is doing is embarrassing the entire Congress. And I dare say people in the country recognize that there's something wrong going on in Congress.

Those of you that have taken Civics 101 know that there is no intention to repeal this Act. People are waiting to get jobs; they're waiting, really, to get health care. And we are on the move for that.

I've been here over four decades. We've been trying to get universal care, we're almost there. If you're talking about repeal, it takes the majority of both houses to pass this bill. The President is going to veto it. And you have to have 2/3 in both houses to repeal. That is not going to happen and you know it."

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