Rep. Levin Issues Remarks on Budget Resolution to Repeal Affordable Care Act

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich. (9th CD), issued the following floor remarks in opposition to S.Con.Res.3, the Republican Budget Resolution, which sets in motion the repeal of the Affordable Care Act:

"I just want to say to my colleague from Michigan, hundreds of thousands or people are going to lose their insurance under a plan that was agreed to by the Republican governor. And I'll send you the numbers in your district.

"Mr. Speaker, the Republican effort to repeal the ACA causing 30 million Americans to lose health insurance is based on a foundation of misrepresentations and falsehoods.

"The Speaker yesterday said that the Affordable Care Act is collapsing. It is not. Nationwide, enrollment is higher than it's ever been, and the percentage of Americans without health insurance is at the lowest level on record.

"What is collapsing is the time for Republicans to move beyond their rhetoric and come up with a plan. They say they will produce a comprehensive replacement to the ACA, but they have been saying that for seven years. Mr. Neal is here, seven years, Mr. Neal we've been hearing that.

"Those files on the Republican desk, I wish you would raise them again, aren't a plan. They are a ploy.

"Republicans say repealing the Affordable Care Act will help people, and there is at least a sliver of truth to that claim. The GOP repeal bill will help millionaires, help millionaires - providing them an average tax cut of over $50,000 a year. At the same time, it will actually raise taxes on millions of moderate and middle-income families who will lose tax credits for purchasing health insurance."

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