last march, i voted against obamacare. rather than helping bring down health care costs for all americans or helping small businesses provide health insurance for their employees, this law will result in higher premiums for family, costly unfunded mandates, including an absurd 1099 requirement, additional job-killing taxes and more than half a trillion dollars in cuts to medicare. it was irresponsible to pass this massive job-killing plan by means of arm twisting and gimmicks and it is even more irresponsible to allow implementation to begin, given our national debt is over $14 trillion, unemployment rates are still over 9% and many states remain on the verge of bankruptcy. not only is the bill unaffordable but it's such an overreach of the federal government's power a u.s. district judge has already deemed it unconstitutional. americans want reforms to our health care system, but they've spoken clearly. this bill is not the change they wanted. i will be voting in support of h.r. 2, voting to repeal this government takeove

we need to repeal and replace obamacare. obamacare itself is going to destroy jobs. it's going to destroy budgets. it's going to destroy the quality of health care. it's going to destroy jobs -- we just had our friend, democratic colleague from florida this year talking about how it would hurt small businesses. the simple truth is keeping obamacare will hurt small businesses. i talked to a small employer and today she has eight employees and desperately needs to hire more but is not going to until we repeal obamacare because of the financial strain it will put on her business and break the budgets with increased medicaid. we've got to repeal obamacare and replace it with something else that reduces the costs, not just slows the costs but reduces the costs of every health care service and product in this country, and we can do that. my bill would do that. other bills will do that. and dr. gingrey, we're going to repeal and replace obamacare. we'll put it out there for the american people to see so they know the republican party is the party of k-n-o-w. i yield back. m

end of obamacare. . that's what i believe is coming. i heard the gentleman from texas bring up churchill when he said blood, sweat, and tears. there are some people out there that bring quotes to mind that stand out for me. one is the congressman from indiana, mike pence, his statement on our persistence and due diligence in bringing about the repeal of obamacare is this. i wrote it down because it did impress me, not the words but the manner in which he said it. they are always superior to my delivery. it is this, mr. speaker, congressman pens of indiana said, if house republicans got the message from the american people, last november, we won't just vote once to repeal obamacare, we'll vote to repeal obamacare again, again -- again and again until we can sign their government takeover of health care to the ash heap of history where it belongs. close quote. nice quote, mike pence, it sounds like ronald reagan to me. consign, we will vote again and again until we consign their government takeover of heal

or enforce obamacare. that's a stand we need to take in every appropriations bill while the authorization committees work on the replacement policies as is reflected by the resolution that passed here in the house of representatives today. we have a large task in front of us. i am not daunted by the difficulty of it. i realize it will take a lot of energy and a lot of effort and commitment over the next couple years to finally accomplish the end of obamacare. as we, mr. speaker, elect a president in 2012 whom i hope and trust and believe will run on the ticket of number one on the platform, sign the repeal of obamacare. i look forward to that day, mr. speaker, when we see the effect of the resistance to the will of the people in the united states senate. i believe that will put more obamacare opponents in the united states senate during the 2012 election. i believe it will strengthen the ranks of obamacare opponents here in the house of representatives in the 2012 election. and i think that it will also el

obamacare got it wrong. they did not guarantee the children would have their pre-existing coverage covered. it's ironic the legislation was crafted incorrectly. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan. mr. upton: minute to the gentleman from illinois, mr. shimkus. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for one minute. mr. shimkus: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. shimkus: thank you, mr. speaker. my friends on the democrat side, they are supporting this bill based upon 10 pages of the legislation. immediate access to insurance for the uninsured, extension of dependent coverage, no lifetime annual. 10 pages. this health care law was 2,990. this is only volume one. what do you find when you go through the entire bill? this is what they are defending their bill on. this is only volume one of four. what's in here? $500 billion cut to medicare. $500 billion

so under obamacare they give you the four, four redeeming components to obamacare that apparently offset all the horrible things about it. and these four redeeming conditions are this. that it requires insurance companies all across america with a federal mandate to provide for policies that must keep your children on there up until age 26. and they think that that's something that america has fallen in love with as a really good, brainy solution. i know there are republicans that support the idea of insurance policies being extended to age 26. but, mr. speaker, what a lot of people don't know in this country is that there are at least two members in this congress that were elected before age 26 and had obamacare been implemented before they were elected to office, they would have, could have been on their parents' health insurance plan. now isn't that a nice thing, when you wean them off of the parents' health insurance plan and you transition them over and say, now run the country, they haven't had a single minute of their own health insurance policy until they get here. they have a re

one of them is the repeal of obamacare. you know freerk dom-loving americans fought this for a long time. -- freedom-loving americans fought this for a long time. it began to come at us in the summer of 2008. when president obama was elected. i should take it back through a little bit of this history. there are some of these components the american people forget about. there was a relatively unknown state senator from illinois named barack obama. he gave a speech before a national convention of the democrat party. and that elevated him into some level of national prominence. there were those what decided they wanted to move him forward to become president of the united states. hillary clinton also decided she wanted to be president of the united states. these two found themselves in -- actually, after john edwards, anyway, locking horn the two of them for the nomination of the president soif the united states urn the democrat party. i know a little about this. barack obama's movement began in iowa. he brought his people ove

-- repeal obamacare? >> you might be sorry you asked that. my representative is congressman show it. >> what would you like to say to him? >> i would like to say as passionate he is about abortion, i wish he would be as passionate about my children who are already here and deserve and need the same kind of care and love and support said he is seeking to halt everything for for someone else who does not even exist. not to sound crass, but they are here. they need us. they are our future. we need them. i implore him to stop the games, started representing everyone in the district. when i wanted help with health care, i left my district. i went to a different district to ask for help because he was not willing. >> the thank you for this opportunity. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for being here and sharing these personal and compelling stories. i have a question for you. it sounds as if what you were describing as work experience would enhance your ability to become a meteorologist and get a good-payi

everyone is allied on repealing obamacare. about $1 trillion right there. they have to be careful.hen gingrich won in 1994, they thought they could govern from congress. but if you control the house and senate, as republicans did, this is impossible. they will get smashed if they try to govern. everyone who wants to cut back entitlements, there is no way a party can reform this. democrats will demagogue it. there will be a backroom deal or nothing. >> i think republicans will have a phony vision. that you can cut spending and taxes to solve everything. >> read up about pensions if you want to keep yourself up at night. that will be a lot of fun. let's look beyond our shores. >> we are training security forces for july 2011. >> that was obama last january. the target date is 2014. despite the assurance we are making progress -- is there an exit strategy. >> there is a great piece in the "washington post." he is the world's greatest briefer. he is convincing. nagging questions keep coming back. who do you turn them over to? there is a rotten, corrupt government. >> do they have contr

everyone is allied on repealing obamacare. about $1 trillion right there. they have to be careful.hen gingrich won in 1994, they thought they could govern from congress. but if you control the house and senate, as republicans did, this is impossible. they will get smashed if they try to govern. everyone who wants to cut back entitlements, there is no way a party can reform this. democrats will demagogue it. there will be a backroom deal or nothing. >> i think republicans will have a phony vision. that you can cut spending and taxes to solve everything. >> read up about pensions if you want to keep yourself up at night. that will be a lot of fun. let's look beyond our shores. >> we are training security forces for july 2011. >> that was obama last january. the target date is 2014. despite the assurance we are making progress -- is there an exit strategy. >> there is a great piece in the "washington post." he is the world's greatest briefer. he is convincing. nagging questions keep coming back. who do you turn them over to? there is a rotten, corrupt government. >> do they have contr

that is an argument over obamacare. the point of the regulation, it's buried in a thousand of pages of regulation. do we want people at h.h.s. writing 10,000 pages of regulation based on a complex obamacare bill or a system that people work it out with their doctors? a good issue for republicans to have the oversight on. among other issues that they should look at what the obama administration is doing. >> we can do advanced care planning on this regulation today. and predict that congress will pull the plug on it, even if it does make sense, because it's politically loser for both sides, for the republicans to do so. and it sets the stage for what it will be, years long. several years long. five years, maybe, war of attrition between the people for healthcare reform -- >> chris: that's a plug -- >> it will defund that aspect of medicare. they'll say you can't spend the medicare money. you can't spend the medicare money on this advisory planning. they have done it before and they can do it again. it suspect they will, a

fleischmann: i rise in support of the repeal of obamacare. this is my first speech on the floor as a member of congress and i thought it only appropriate that it be on this topic, a topic i campaigned hard on and a topic i believe strongly in. we must repeal this health care legislation. as a small business owner for the past 24 years, i know firsthand the kind of damage this legislation would do to american small business if it is allowed to be put in place. the national federation of independent business research foundation conducted a study that showed the employer mandate found in obamacare could lead to a loss of 1.6 million jobs throughout the country and 66% of those lost jobs would come from the small business work force. that same study showed that small businesses would lose roughly $113 billion in output. as a member of the small business committee, i promise to use my personal experience to fight every day for small business owners everywhere. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. fleischmann: starting ton

but the moment obamacare past, on march 30, 2010, that discussion stop.no more were we talking about solutions. we're talking about repeal. my constituents were so alarmed, so disturbed by to take we have freedoms they had, their health care decisions, that take away the increase in tax dollars they were expanding. the entire anti-discussion of productive solutions was completely subsumed by this new discussion of repeal and trying to get back to a level of status quo that we could again begin to find solutions from. i would like to ask, i think i heard you say that you are committed to going back to that place where we were, that earnest search for solutions, whether the medical malpractice solution or whether the access solutions, or whether it be further for reforms that is that an accurate reflection of your commitment here today, not just her hope and dream butcher commitment you're getting? >> that's a commitment from all of us. we made that clear from the beginning. as the debate went on for months and months and went through the campaign, it becam

ellmers: when i ran for congress, i vowed to end obamacare. and with my first vote in the 112th congress, i will do so. as a nurse for 20 year, co-owner of a wounds care clinic and in practice with my husband in his general surgery practice, we know the problems that exist for americans in health care. instead of being a remedy to these problems, omaw -- obamacare has already done more harm than good to both the quality of health care in our country as well as our economy. as a nurse, i look for pathways to solutions, this is a problematic pathway, undoubtedly. in the face of rising unemployment, unsustainable federal deficits and overwhelming public opposition, it took more than a year to cobble together an unpopular government takeover of health care. so riddled with provisions that violate right-to-life principles and support government rationing of care that it cannot simply be patched. obamacare is bad for workers, it's bad for employers and bad for america. repealing it allows us to start -- thank you very much. i yield back the balance

and it's gotten obscured with the epitaph of, quote, obamacare. when you peel away the specifics of this, and you providedive, the businesses that have to make -- and you provided an example, the businesses that have to make a hard-nose decision, they want to do the right thing for their company but decided this is the prudent, fiscal way. i yield to the senior member of the appropriations committee and one of the members who is always the voice of conviction and conscious in this institution, mr. moran. mr. moran: i thank my very good friend from vermont for yielding to me and i thank my colleagues for participating in this discussion. there are so many things that are hard to understand regard to what occurred today. republican majority tells us that jobs are their first priority. this will generate aboutrod the country, we're told, and we can identify where they occur. and so we won't create those jobs, particularly in the health care professions. we're told that in other -- another high priority, of course, is to reduce the budget deficit. non

period of time a fight to get the entire obamacare program repealed. it is giving more to seniors and taking away from others. and we do have a problem about the fact that the budget is this prioritized for the elderly. that is true. however, a move toward a more market-based health care system is worth the advantage. host: dori in chicago. good morning. caller: good morning. the democrats and the bill that obama just signed, the tax-cut bill, they put in a provision that the pentagon only needs to buy solar panels made in the u.s. are the republicans going to try to repeal that? and number two, social security is not contributing to this deficit now, at all. why are you picking on social security? host: ramesh ponnuru? guest: right now that may be the case, but in a couple of years, it will start to spend more than it takes in. the growth rate of that shortfall is pretty rapid. if you are looking at it over any kind of time horizon longer than the immediate one, it is a problem. keep in mind, nobody is talking about cutting battle that loss for people

we are willing to deal with you to reform obamacare. the chief democrat who delivered the olive branch was nancy pelosi. >> this is not theology, it's a problem-solving for the american people. people have ideas about how to help solve those problems in a better way, then we're open to it. >> reporter: here's the deal. president obama's health insurance law is seen to involve these elements. one, pre-existing conditions. they would no longer be a reason to deny coverage. two, parents' coverage up up to 26 years of age through parents' existing coverage, yes. three, malpractice claims. better protection for doctors from phony malpractice lawsuits. four, electronic medical records to reduce errors, increase efficiency and to share with other medical authorities if patients approve of the exchange. five, less irs tax paper for businesses. eliminate excessive paperwork for business expenses of $600 and up. six, individual mandate out. individuals will not face a fine if they do not purchase health insurance. seven, employer mandate out. emp

you want to repeal obamacare.ut despite the problems it would cover 30 million people that are now uninsured. minnesota has half a million of those folks, roughly 10% of the population. using market forces that you talk about how would you bring care to the 500,000 minnesotaens who uncovered? >> all healthcare reform needs to focus on expanding access and cost containment. president obama said he would contain cost and make it more affordable. he did not do that. obamacare is in a differented direction. it may expand access but it won't reduce cost -- >> chris: i'm asking you specifically. >> you get money directly to the people who need this help and let them make decisions for them or their family. you don't run it through washington, d.c. or state capitol. you empower consumers and give them help directly in form of a voucher, credit and stipend and let them be in charge of the decision making. >> chris: i want to talk about 2012, we have a few minutes left. you've been relative honest about whether you'll run

and it's -- it comes down to whether you're for obamacare or against it. that's what the vote is. again a page and a half. that'shat the bill i so we have committed to continuing in the vein of an open process when it comes to trying to get iright as far as replacing the health care status quo. and we have committed and the speaker has committed to making sure that our committees will go through regular order, members of the minority and majority will have ample time to engage in par -- engage and participate in the discussions around what type of health care americans deserve and what type of health care they want. which is how we will proceed when it comes to the so-called eplacement resolution and its implementation. i would also point out to the gentleman from maryland that the rules committee has accepted the amendment proposed by the gentleman from utah as far as a suggestion that he had regarding the s.g.r. formula and the reimbursements for physicians under the medicare program. again, we are trying to work in a fashion that open, that is as inclusive as we can, as the spe

there are hundreds of regulations that will be promulgated under obamacare. how many have you heard about a regulation promulgated two days before christmas, coincidentally >> 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, good. >> 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, good.

fleischmann: i rise in support of the repeal of obamacare. this is my first speech on the floor as a member of congress and i thought it only appropriate that it be on this topic, a topic i campaigned hard on and a topic i believe strongly in. we must repeal this health care legislation. as a small business owner for the past 24 years, i know firsthand the kind of damage this legislation would do to american small business if it is allowed to be put in place. the national federation of independent business research foundation conducted a study that showed the employer mandate found in obamacare could lead to a loss of 1.6 million jobs throughout the country and 66% of those lost jobs would come from the small business work force. that same study showed that small businesses would lose roughly $113 billion in output. as a member of the small business committee, i promise to use my personal experience to fight every day for small business owners everywhere. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. fleischmann: starting ton

look, after we repeal obamacare next week, we can start over. with commonsense reforms that will focus on lowering the cost of health insurance without growing the size of government. republicans will waste no time in bringing greater freedoms to the american people, to purchase health insurance the way they buy life insurance, the way they buy car insurance. we'll al with responsible litigation reform. we'll even use t savings to cover pre-existing conditions. i urge my lleagues to join me in support of this rule but join us as we keep our promise to the american people and repeal their government takeover of health care once and for all. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: madam speaker, this is not a dispute between republicans and democrats about the $1.3 trillion. c.b.o., the nonpartisan congressional budget office, is saying that. i will now yield two minutes to the gentlelady from california, ms. matsui. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognize

small employers have limited autonomy over obamacare.panding their operations or paying their people more. the choices for small businesses under obamacare are provide government mandated health care and face ruinous costs or drop the coverage and pay fines to keep those folks employed. if we burden small business requirements set forth in this law, we hamper the recovery of the u.s. economy and damage the spirit of free enterprise that has made america great for over two centuries. obamacare should be replaced. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from minnesota. mr. kline: thank you, mr. speaker. i understand an effort to balance the time here we have an embarrassment of riches and numbers of speakers, what happens in november, so at this time i'm pleased to yield one minute to a member of the committee, the gentlelady from illinois, mrs. biggert. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from illinois is recognized for one minute. mrs. biggert: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise today to voice

we have to repeal obamacare, which is the next big -- [applause] we cannot do that. the house is going to pass that this week or next. it will not pass in the senate. there might be some democratic votes in the senate to repeal it. it will not pass. it will certainly not pass with this president. if we want to repeal a multi- trillion dollar program and start on the process of fiscal sanity, we have to elect a republican president in 2012 and republican senators in 2012 so that we have the margin to get that done [applause] . -- to get that done. [applause] we also have to work on medicare and medicaid. if there are questions about that, i will take them. i am optimistic about america. because of what i talked about in the beginning, our dna. we are not to them. we are different. we saw that in the last election. i believe we will see it again in 2012. you folks have a disproportionate impact on what is going to happen. you happen to be the first in the south primary state in the 2012 primary -- 2012 presidential election. you will see lots of people coming through h

. >> this week on "inside washington," the debate over health care -- >> obamacare. >> obamacare. >> did it we already have that one? a state visit for the president of china, or let's make a deal." >> we want to sell you airplanes, cars, software. >> democrat kent conrad and independent jolie rubÉn pack it in. and we mark the 30th -- lieberman packet in trade and we mark the 30th anniversary of ronald reagan's inauguration in the 50th of the john f. kennedy's. >> ask not what your country can do it for you, ask what do you could do for your country. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> in the last campaign, house republicans have promised to repeal the 2010 health care reform law. this week they voted to do just that. >> we said we would have a straight up or down vote to repeal this health-care law, and that is precisely what we're doing tay. we all the gimmicks a whole lot of sense to debate a bill that thankfully will go -- we don't think it makes a whole lot of sense to debate a bill that will likely be vetoed by the president. >> paul ryan of wis

look, after we repeal obamacare next week, we can start over. with commonsense reforms that will focus on lowering the cost of health insurance without growing the size of government. republicans will waste no time in bringing greater freedoms to the american people, to purchase health insurance the way they buy life insurance, the way they buy car insurance. we'll deal with responsible litigation reform. we'll even use the savings to cover pre-existing conditions. i urge my colleagues to join me in support of this rule but join us as we keep our promise to the american people and repeal their government takeover of health care once and for all. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: madam speaker, this is not a dispute between republicans and democrats about the $1.3 trillion. c.b.o., the nonpartisan congressional budget office, is saying that. i will now yield two minutes to the gentlelady from california, ms. matsui. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is rec

on obamacare, i have to respectfully disagree with you. i do not think more government control of the system is going to lower the cost of anything. i remember during some of the town hall meetings, people would ask, you said obamacare was going to lower the cost of health care. can you give me one example of one that has ever happened in history of the country? the answer was, well, no, but it will be different. well, it is not going to be different. your premiums will go up and it will be more difficult to manage our fiscal affairs. host: in "the wall street journal" they ask what happens after reform. guest: 83 percent reduction is better them and we are seeing now, -- of 3% reduction is better than what we are seeing now. what works in the insurance industry? white insurance works, car insurance, homeowners' insurance. you can look at the cost curves of those several things over the past couple of years, and they are in control. they are growing slower than inflation. you buy it with your own money. if your window breaks on your car, y

. >> if you believe that repealing obamacare is going to raise the deficit, then... then you would have to have some way to offset that spending. but i don't think anybody in this town believes that repealing obamacare is going to increase the deficit. >> woodruff: health care repeal also dominated a house rules committee meeting. republican steve king of iowa said congress needs to start from scratch. >> i suggest that we pull obamacare out by the roots... root and branch, lock stock and barrel, irradicate it completely and leave not one vessage of its dna left behind. because it is a malignant tumor in the spirit of america's vitality and constitutionality. and if it's allowed to have any particle left, it will regrow again and it will matasticize like a tumor, and grow back and it will consume the liberty and the vigor of the american people. we must pull it out by the roots. this congress has been elected to do so. >> woodruff: massachusetts democrat jim mcgovern argued the repeal effort reneges on g.o.p. promises to cut the deficit and make government more trans

. >> i think you're going to see the fight on obamacare across the board in the house and the senate to try to defund the obamacare bill and to start over. >> reporter: even bigger battle may be over republican demands for deep cuts to government spending across the board. >> there's such a disconnect between this town and the rest of the world. >> this real world stuff is going to get old really fast. this is now your job. social security does have to be paid for. medicare does have to be paid for. but the idea, the real world -- these are tough problems. >> you have never, in your life -- you have never done anything on your own with your own skin in the game. >> reporter: in a few months, congress must vote to raise the amount of money the government can borrow or face a possible government shutdown. many republicans are refusing to go along with that unless there is a plan in place to balance the budget. >> i'm not going to write a blank check as far as raising the debt limit without us also saying, we're going to do these things to make ourselves fiscally responsible. >> reporte

. >> i think you are going to see the fight on obamacare across the board and in the senate and house to defund the obamacare bill and start over. >> the obama administration promises a fight and says healthcare reform is popular with americans, such as the now effective requirement that insurance companies accept children with preexisting conditions. republicans claim that they have so many votes to overturn it that they can override a veto by president obama. >>> california representative darrell issa recently told rush limbaugh he thought the president was, "one of the most corrupt presidents in times." but today he meant to say "the obama administration and not the president."? saying this is one of the most corrupt administrations, which is what i wanted to say there, when you hand out trillion dollars in tarp and trillion in stimulus that this president asked for, plus this huge expansion in healthcare and government, it has a corrupting effect. >> issa, who is the incoming republican house oversight and government reform is chairman also admitted congress shares some of the bla

it makes a compelling case for taking immediate action to repeal obamacare and replace it with reforms that will lower costs and protect jobs at a time when we need to do everything in our power to encourage job creation. the health-care law hands around the necks of businesses, causing them to not hire new workers. just as harmful, businesses that would currently be hiring more employees are reevaluating their decision, and in some cases sitting on large piles of cash. with each day that obamacare remains lot and continues to involve our health-care system, this destructive pattern continues, and to many americans remain without a job. it has now been 10 months since obamacare was signed into law, and it is telling that the more americans learn about it, the more discouraged they are about the effect. the law is fundamentally flawed because it enables federal bureaucrats to come between patients and their doctors, limiting choices. and because of its mandate, obamacare has already caused the cost of health care to increase while forcing some americans to give up the health care they h

speaker, the american people understand that obamacare was a huge mistake. let us acknowledge that, learn from it and move on to an act -- to enact reforms that will reduce health costs and increase health choices for american families. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: mr. speaker, i reserve -- in that case, i yield one minute to the gentlelady. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. >> i thank my colleague from maryland. this past year around june, i was speaking to a woman who is a single mother. ms. sanchez: she has two young children. she's a real estate agent. it's been rough. but she managed to pay the premiums to have health care -- health insurance for herself and her two children. in june, her daughter had an epileptic attack for the first time. she was scared to death. she took her to the hospital. her daughter got better but she would have more of these. a month later she found out her daughter wouldn't be covered by that health care plan. she's b

this is what obamacare is. you are getting less and paying more. the more they learn about it, the more they reject it. it was a signature issue for 2010. it will also remain a signature issue for 2012. probably every weekend. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> sees them's road to the white house continues with remarks by the former -- sees them's road to the white house continues with remarks -- cspan remarks continue. this portion is about half an hour. >> and the folks in the back here? am i talking loud and not -- can the folks in the back hear? am i talking loud enough? i would like to get your questions and your thoughts. usually the thing that gets the most reaction is the last thing. we had a young lady who said, why are you doing it? it is those seven children and the other children. one of those people is a special need little girl who really needs a lot of care. why am i here? i am here because of what has been happening in this country over the last few yea

if house republicans got the message, we won't repeal once for obamacare, we will vote to repeal obamacare again and again until we can add this to the history where it belongs. welcome to the 112th congress. the american people, this is your week. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. scott: thank you, madam speaker. those who want to repeal health care reform should be clear and candid what they are doing. you can't expect the people to understand the affect of repeal just because you put a label on it like obamacare or misrepresent job creating legislation as a job killer or misrepresent legislation that doesn't even have a public option in it as a government takeover. health care reform, it will close the doughnut hole and allows young adults to stay on their parent's policies. it means that those with pre-existing conditions can get insurance, provides tax credits to small businesses, to help them cover

the people don't like obamacare but they want something to be done. we must have tort reform to reduce the cost of defensive medicine. we must deal with the f.d.a. approval process that covers any new discovery in paperwork costing a billion dollars to get it through the process. we must open up more options for insurance carriers, allowing someone frustrated with their service to fire them and get a new insurance provider. we must reject price fixing as a cost-cutting solution. we must allow every american to choose their own doctor, even pay their doctor directly if they choose to do that. we must give senior americans more choices in physicians who accept medicare patients. we must provide states with greater flexibility and deal with portability, high risk and pre-existing conditions. republicans have friends and family dealing with the same medical issues the democrats deal. with suffering, disease, and pain have no respect fb political affiliation. we just believe that if you're sick and hurting, you should contact your doctor, not washington, d

bill regulating -- the consequences of obamacare. we don't know today how this bill will ultimately affect aspects of medical care. the congress should never an act a lot without knowing what it is going to be. >> i want to ask about term limits. i initially supported term limits but then i see how it was enacted in some states, particular example i am thinking of is ohio where i have some familiarity with. they had term limits for a number of years. what happens is the maximum or the upper house. you have 20 some years. when people come in, they rely on the not elected staff members to do things. and legislative bureaucracy. >> first of all, i had in mind 12 years in the house and senate. some individuals might end up with 24. that will be a tiny minority. if you are lazy. i had a staff that -- the brightest staff among the senate. the conservative event of the year. they have gone on to all signed -- kinds of things. if you want to know what to accomplish, seems to me get your own staff. doesn't mean there aren't elements of truth

and it causes most of the same sort of price control as obama -- obamacare. lf is the americans who would be heard immediately. 100% is the share who would be over time. how to keep the commitments that we have made? pyridine a better job of providing in her -- they are doing a better job of providing it as a low-cost. you will have the freedom to switch insurers. it does not keep its promises to you need it said the. >> robert mcpherson. moffett is a senior fellow at the heritage foundation. >> thank you very much. there is a lot of work. we are now entering the second phase of the gray matter of the health care debate. but me focus on a couple of items. this is part of the challenge of entitlement. traherne -- this is january. this is the first. wade -- first great wave. it to experience the largest single demand. not on the primary care physicians. the gravity of this is greater than most member of congress really appreciate. one of the striking facts has been the hostility of the medical profession. the medical profession itself is holbrooke energy is hel

obamacare burdens the states in two ways. first, it requires them to enroll millions more beneficiaries while the federal government will at first pay for the benefits of these new enrollees, the states will gradually have to start picking up the tab. second, the federal government will only help cover the cost of benefits. not the administrative costs associated with these new enrollees. since some states will be forced to nearly double their medicaid rolls, this will certainly hit their budgets hard. we can't forget 49 out of 50 states are required to balance their budgets every year. they will face the grim choice of discontinuing their medicaid program, raising taxes, or slashing other government services. we talked a lot about obamacare bankrupting the federal government, but we can't forget it could drive states over the cliff at the same time. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a to rule 1, the house will stand in recess subject to the call of the chair. >> this is 30 minutes is the english la

look, after we repeal obamacare next week, we can start over. with commonsense reforms that will focus on lowering the cost of health insurance without growing the size of government. republicans will waste no time in bringing greater freedoms to the american people, to purchase health insurance the way they buy life insurance, the way they buy car insurance. we'll deal with responsible litigation reform. we'll even use the savings to cover pre-existing conditions. i urge my colleagues to join me in support of this rule but join us as we keep our promise to the american people and repeal their government takeover of health care once and for all. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: madam speaker, this is not a dispute between republicans and democrats about the $1.3 trillion. c.b.o., the nonpartisan congressional budget office, is saying that. i will now yield two minutes to the gentlelady from california, ms. matsui. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is rec

in reading articles about the consequences of obamacare time and again you run into an analysis that says we don't know today how this bill will ultimately affect x, y or z aspects of medical care because the regulator has never come out with the regulations. the congress should never enact a law without knowing what its impact is going to be. >> thank you. i just wanted to ask about term limits, because i had initially supported term limits but then i have seen what has been enacted in some states, the particular example i am thinking of is ohio, which i have some familiarity with, where the -- they've had term limits for a number of years and they have had what happens is people take their maximum in the lower house of the legislator or the upper house, where ever they were when they started, then they run for the other seat in the other house of the legislator. pretty soon you have 27 years, and then the other aspect is when people first come in the often rely on the non-elected staff members to do things, so this is a kind of continuing legislative bureaucracy. could you address

they will point to last year's obamacare legislation.hey will argue that this bill which creates massive new entitlements sphou saves money. our democrats friends will site a c.b.o. score sight a $230 billion reduction from this bill. anyone who looks beyond the basic score will see that obamacare is another huge deficit generator that will burden the american taxpayer for generations to come. house budget committee chairman paul ryan released an analysis derived from c.b.o. data that tells the full story of the obamacare's deficit impact. here's what chairman ryan said -- and i quote -- "claims of deficit reduction exclude the $115 billion needed to implement the law. the score double counts $521 billion to our social security payroll taxes, class act premiums and medicare cuts. it strips a doc fix provision included in the initial score. it measures ten years of revenues to offset six years of new spending. there is no question that the creation of a new $1 trillion open-ended entitlement is a fiscal train wreck. add it all up, and the

. >> obamacare. >> obamacare. >> obamacare. >> reporter: democrats call it the affordable care act, andp of wanting to repeal its most popular features. >> if you are in love with insurance companies and want them to succeed and you don't care about anything else, by all means, this is your team. these are your guys. >> reporter: at times, the debate crossed the line. steve cohen, a democrat from tennessee, compared republican arguments to nazi propaganda. >> the germans said enough about the jews and the people believed it and you had the holocaust. you tell a lie over and over and again. we've heard it on this floor. government takeover of health care. there is no government takeover. >> reporter: the house repealed the 2010 law wednesday, though it will likely fail in the senate, where democrats still hold the majority. house republican leader eric cantor insists his party can come up with a better plan. >> we believe that it's bad for the economy and we are going to begin to deliver on posing an alternative and better way for the american people. >> reporter: new house speaker john