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Congressional Record—House H1545 March 7, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H1545 AFFORDABLE CARE ACT REPEAL about health care in my district. Hun- lowing communication from the Clerk AND REPLACE dreds of constituents attended, and al- of the House of Representatives: (Mr. EVANS asked and was given together I spent more than 10 hours lis- OFFICE OF THE CLERK, permission to address the House for 1 tening to our folks. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, minute.) The best ideas come from the people, Washington, DC, March 7, 2017. Madam Speaker. I know you know Hon. PAUL D. RYAN, Mr. EVANS. Madam Speaker, last The Speaker, House of Representatives, night House Republicans released their that, and I feel it is my duty as a Rep- resentative to hear my constituents’ Washington, DC. plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act. DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the per- House Republicans and the Trump ad- input. mission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of ministration say that they want a The American Health Care Act re- the Rules of the U.S. House of Representa- healthcare plan that cuts costs and flects what I have heard from patients, tives, the Clerk received the following mes- covers more Americans; yet they intro- families, doctors, and many others over sage from the Secretary of the Senate on duced a plan that takes away from mil- the past 8 years. Our bill will lower March 7, 2017, at 9:29 a.m.: costs, increase choices, and give pa- That the Senate agreed to without amend- lions of Americans and puts the poor- ment H.J. Res. 37. est Americans, our seniors, our people tients greater control of their health care. We are helping middle-income Appointment: with preexisting conditions, and work- Members of the Commission on Security ing class families at greater risk of Americans gain access to affordable and Cooperation in Europe. getting sick. coverage. It also protects those with With best wishes, I am According to the Philadelphia De- preexisting conditions and allows Sincerely, partment of Public Health, approxi- young adults to stay on their parents’ KAREN L. HAAS. mately 220,000 Philadelphians would insurance until age 26. f Most importantly, this legislation is lose their health insurance if the Af- RECESS fordable Care Act is repealed without moving through the Congress in an adequate replacement. open and transparent manner. I invite The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- We cannot take this risk. The new the people of Florida’s 12th Congres- ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair plan is an insult to the millions of sional District and everyone to read declares the House in recess until ap- Americans who have fought hard to try and share the American Health Care proximately 5 p.m. today. to get ahead. Now is the time to resist. Act at readthebill.gop. Accordingly (at 2 o’clock and 13 min- f utes p.m.), the House stood in recess. f FORSYTH ACADEMY f THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S PEEPING TOMCRATS (Ms. FOXX asked and was given per- b 1700 mission to address the House for 1 AFTER RECESS (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was minute.) given permission to address the House Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, March is Na- The recess having expired, the House for 1 minute.) tional Reading Month, and students was called to order by the Speaker pro Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, across the country often kick off this tempore (Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky) at 5 the census counts the population every observance by celebrating the birthday p.m. 10 years, but the Census Bureau also of treasured children’s author Dr. f sends out a mandatory, intrusive per- Suess. Last week I visited Forsyth sonal and more time-consuming, 28- Academy in Winston-Salem, North ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER page document called the American Carolina, where I read ‘‘There’s a PRO TEMPORE Community Survey. Wocket in My Pocket!’’ to first grade The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- The survey asks intrusive questions students. ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair like how many toilets does a person Forsyth Academy is a charter school will postpone further proceedings have in their house; what time does a serving students from kindergarten today on motions to suspend the rules person leave and come home from through eighth grade. The school was on which a recorded vote or the yeas work; does any person in the house founded on the principles of academic and nays are ordered, or on which the have poor eyesight, difficulty dressing, excellence, moral focus, parental part- vote incurs objection under clause 6 of or mental issues. nership, and student responsibility. Its rule XX. If this Orwellian survey is ignored, leadership believes in setting high Record votes on postponed questions the government may come after the standards, making expectations clear, will be taken later. citizen. First, the telephone calls start: providing meaningful instruction, and f weekly, then daily. Then Uncle Sam watching children surpass expectations sends his peeping tomcrats to lurk as a result. FALEOMAVAEGA ENI FA’AUA’A around homes, forcing citizens to com- It is always a pleasure to visit local HUNKIN VA CLINIC ply. If a person still refuses to hand schools and witness the great things Mrs. RADEWAGEN. Mr. Speaker, I over private information to the intru- happening in classrooms across the move to suspend the rules and pass the sive eyes of the government, the gov- Fifth District. Every student in every bill (H.R. 1362) to name the Department ernment may assess fines up to $5,000. school deserves an excellent education, of Veterans Affairs community-based My bill, H.R. 1305, makes the Amer- but, unfortunately, we are falling far outpatient clinic in Pago Pago, Amer- ican Community Survey voluntary and short of that goal. Thankfully, innova- ican Samoa, the Faleomavaega Eni also removes the associated criminal tive charter schools like Forsyth Acad- Fa’aua’a Hunkin VA Clinic. penalties. The ACS is a violation of pri- emy are providing thousands of fami- The Clerk read the title of the bill. vacy and a costly abuse of government lies new hope and opportunity. The text of the bill is as follows: power. School choice is a powerful tool to H.R. 1362 And that is just the way it is. help children succeed, and I am encour- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- f aged by the momentum that is build- resentatives of the United States of America in ing. I look forward to the work ahead THE AMERICAN HEALTH CARE Congress assembled, and exploring additional opportunities ACT SECTION 1. NAME OF DEPARTMENT OF VET- to provide parents more choices for ERANS AFFAIRS COMMUNITY-BASED (Mr. BILIRAKIS asked and was given their children’s education. OUTPATIENT CLINIC, PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA. permission to address the House for 1 f minute and to revise and extend his re- The Department of Veterans Affairs com- munity-based outpatient clinic in Pago marks.) COMMUNICATION FROM THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE Pago, American Samoa, shall after the date Mr. BILIRAKIS. Madam Speaker, in of the enactment of this Act be known and recent weeks, I held three townhall The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. POE designated as the ‘‘Faleomavaega Eni meetings and a roundtable discussion of Texas) laid before the House the fol- Fa’aua’a Hunkin VA Clinic’’. Any reference VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:00 Mar 08, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K07MR7.012 H07MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H1546 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 7, 2017 to such community-based outpatient clinic Given that I challenged him for his 1982 to 1989. He served honorably in the in any law, regulation, map, document, seat from 1994 until 2014, when I won Vietnam war and left the military with record, or other paper of the United States my first term, Eni and I had a long and the rank of captain. shall be considered to be a reference to the He and his wife were also active Faleomavaega Eni Fa’aua’a Hunkin VA Clin- complicated relationship. Though we ic. were often at odds politically, we al- members of their church, The Church The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ways treated one another with the ut- of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As a Vietnam veteran and Army Re- ant to the rule, the gentlewoman from most respect and grace, allowing us to serve captain, congressional aide, lieu- American Samoa (Mrs. RADEWAGEN) form a shared bond that I am very and the gentleman from Minnesota thankful for and will never forget. tenant governor, and Member of Con- Ours was a true friendship that dem- gress, there simply could be no better (Mr. WALZ) each will control 20 min- utes. onstrated that, despite whatever polit- example of what it means to be a rep- The Chair recognizes the gentle- ical differences we may have, we can resentative of his people and a citizen woman from American Samoa. all come together for the good of those of this great Nation. I fully support the naming of this GENERAL LEAVE we serve. While we may have had dis- Mrs. RADEWAGEN. Mr. Speaker, I agreements on national issues, we were outpatient clinic at Pago Pago in his ask unanimous consent that all Mem- very much in sync when it came to honor and urge my colleagues to do the bers have 5 legislative days in which to Federal policy and funding for Amer- same. revise and extend their remarks and ican Samoa.
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