Rep. Mimi Walters Supports Medical Device Tax Repeal Bill

Statement

U.S. Representative Mimi Walters (CA-45) released the following statement after voting in support of H.R. 160, the Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015. This bill would repeal Obamacare's 2.3% excise tax on the medical device industry. H.R. 160 passed in the U.S. House by a vote of 280-140 and now awaits consideration by the U.S. Senate.

Said Rep. Mimi Walters, "California is home to more than 1,500 of the estimated 6,000 plus medical devices companies in the nation. The medical device tax, which falls on businesses creating life-saving medical equipment like pacemakers and heart valves, hurts California more than any other state. Within my district, companies such as Edwards Lifesciences have been hit particularly hard by Obamacare's medical device tax. As the only country in the world that levies an excise tax on medical device companies, we cannot continue to unfairly punish U.S. innovators and consumers who rely on these life-saving products. Republicans and Democrats alike agree, it's time we repeal the job-killing medical device tax once and for all."

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