E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 115 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 163 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 2017 No. 110 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. and was three of those promises. Next year No one you rely on supports this called to order by the Speaker pro tem- alone, 15 million Americans will lose measure. pore (Mr. FITZPATRICK). their healthcare coverage. And make no mistake, healthcare in f Over the course of the decade, that America will be worse. That is why the number will swell to 22 million Ameri- people you trust don’t support it. Sen- DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO cans. And because they have disguised iors in nursing homes and disabled TEMPORE the impact to appear later in the next children will suffer and, yes, we ought The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- decade, we will watch those numbers to admit it; people will die. There is fore the House the following commu- skyrocket. very good research available that is nication from the Speaker: Less expensive? logical, suggesting that for every 20 WASHINGTON, DC, Well, under their proposal, a 64-year- million people who do not have insur- June 27, 2017. old with a $56,800 income—not upper ance coverage, an extra 24,000 people a I hereby appoint the Honorable BRIAN K. middle class by any stretch of the year die year after year. FITZPATRICK to act as Speaker pro tempore imagination—will, by 2026, face an an- And why are we doing this? on this day. nual insurance premium of $20,000. Im- To fulfill a campaign pledge and to PAUL D. RYAN, pacts are most pronounced on low-in- be able to cut taxes for those who need Speaker of the House of Representatives. come and older Americans. it the least. This massive reduction in f Won’t touch Medicaid? healthcare finances massive tax reduc- Their proposal anticipates $772 bil- MORNING-HOUR DEBATE tions. This is immoral. lion over the next decade to be slashed There is a reason that it was hatched The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- from that budget, a 26 percent cut for in secret, keeping it away even from ant to the order of the House of Janu- the health insurance provider that Republican senators while it was being ary 3, 2017, the Chair will now recog- gives care to most Americans, 16 per- formulated, and why they are trying to nize Members from lists submitted by cent fewer people, people with higher jam this through in 1 week—a parody the majority and minority leaders for costs, less coverage, and poorer insur- of Republican complaints about not morning-hour debate. ance. enough process for ObamaCare. This is The Chair will alternate recognition They take a stab at the concern unprecedented and it is wrong. between the parties. All time shall be about the destabilization of the insur- It is our job, each and every one of equally allocated between the parties, ance market, which their proposal will us, to make sure the American public and in no event shall debate continue do, by taking away the mandate that knows what is at stake before it is too beyond 11:50 a.m. Each Member, other people have coverage, allowing people late. than the majority and minority leaders to wait until they are sick but still re- f and the minority whip, shall be limited quiring insurers to cover them. to 5 minutes. There is an escape hatch. They don’t SUPPORT FOR THE VENEZUELAN PEOPLE f have to provide that if there has been a break in coverage. Then there is 6 The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. COL- TRUMP PROMISE ON HEALTHCARE months’ delay required before people LINS of New York). The Chair recog- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The can sign up. Think about what a 6- nizes the gentlewoman from Florida Chair recognizes the gentleman from month delay could mean for somebody (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN) for 5 minutes. Oregon (Mr. BLUMENAUER) for 5 min- who is just diagnosed for cancer. It is Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, utes. the equivalent of a death sentence. last week’s general assembly meeting Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, The people you trust for your of the Organization of American this week, the Senate is poised to com- healthcare do not support this bill. The States, the OAS, in Cancun, was in- pletely break Donald Trump’s promises American Medical Association, hos- tended to get greater support from the on healthcare. Remember, he promised pitals, people who deal with rheu- region to hold Nicolas Maduro and his insurance for everyone, it would be less matism, cerebral palsy, cancer advo- regime accountable for their horrific expensive, and it wouldn’t touch Med- cates, across the board they express actions against the Venezuelan people. icaid. reservations or outright opposition. However, we fell short of the 23 votes Well, the CBO report, out yesterday, Who do you trust with your medical needed to fully enforce a resolution makes it devastatingly clear that the care—who do you rely on who supports condemning Maduro for convening a Republicans are ready to repudiate all it? fake constituent assembly with the b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H5183 . VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:52 Jun 27, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A27JN7.000 H27JNPT1 H5184 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 27, 2017 purpose of undermining the democrat- shot in pointblank range by pro- On June 23, 1952, the first 20 families ically elected national assembly. Maduro police thugs. moved into Levittown, which is one of I commend the 20 nations. Thank you It is unacceptable for us to stand idly the first planned communities built in to the 20 nations that stood up to the by as this cruelty continues to happen. the U.S. With its partially framed Venezuelan tyrant; especially I want to It is a disgrace that the region could housing, immature landscaping, and single out Barbados, the Bahamas, St. not come together in a united front to muddy streets, Levittown, in 1952, is a Lucia, Jamaica, Guyana, and Belize. call out the Maduro regime for the vio- frontier outside of the city of Philadel- To our allies in the Caribbean who lent thugs that they are, a disgrace to phia. voted with the people of Venezuela and our democratic principles and values, Levittown’s first official family, the not with the regime, I say: Thank you. and a disgrace to the Inter-American Doughertys, moved into their home on And to those who voted against the Democratic Charter for which the OAS Stonybrook Drive and embraced the people of Venezuela and with the re- stands. American Dream of homeownership. gime, my message to you is: Wake up. The deteriorating situation in Ven- And as Mrs. Dougherty told reporters The Maduro regime is a sinking ship ezuela is an important matter for the in Levittown, she described Levittown and, as that economy continues to im- region, for our own interests, Mr. as country living with city conven- plode, it will take some of the Carib- Speaker. Our message must be to those iences. bean nations along with it. countries that continue to vote against Between 1952 and 1958, Levitt & Sons It is in the best interest of the Carib- the people of Venezuela: Stop being built 17,311 single-family houses with bean nations to work with the United cowards. Be courageous. Stand up to lawns. States, with Canada, with Mexico, and those corrupt bullies in Venezuela. Do b 1015 other regional allies to put an end to it for the people of Venezuela. How the abusive tactics of the Maduro re- many more have to give their lives in There were six models a family could gime once and for all. Venezuela for you to wake up? And if choose from: the Levittowner, the Unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, coun- you don’t stop to reassess your support Rancher, the Jubilee, the Pennsylva- tries like Nicaragua, whose leader Or- for the thug Maduro, and your willing- nian, the Colonial, and the Country tega is a kindred spirit of Maduro, ness to turn a blind eye toward the suf- Clubber. Levitt & Sons pushed the spoke out to oppose the meeting and fering of the Venezuelan people, per- boundaries of housing construction by criticized the OAS for what it called in- haps America will start to reassess its perfecting the homebuilding assembly terference in Venezuelans’ domestic relationship with you. line. Levittown remains a special place in issues. f Ortega condemned the OAS for tak- Bucks County. Originally designed as a ing its rightful action to apply the AMERICAN GROWN FLOWER completed community, Levittown grew Inter-American Democratic Charter for MONTH into the model middle class commu- Venezuela, yet Ortega wants us to be- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The nity. In fact, it became a popular place lieve that he is in favor of negotiating Chair recognizes the gentleman from for hundreds of returning World War II in good faith with the OAS to improve California (Mr. CARBAJAL) for 5 min- veterans who wanted to start families the electoral, the political, and the utes. of their own. Now Levittown is home human rights situation in Nicaragua.