Pallone: Republican Health Care Bill Will Do Nothing to Lower Costs for American Families

Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House floor in opposition to Republicans’ health care package:

Mr. Speaker, I rise to call on Speaker Johnson to immediately bring the bipartisan three-year extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits to the floor.

This bill now has the support pursuant to a discharge position of a majority of House members, and should get a vote immediately before the ACA tax credits expire.

Now, Mr. Speaker, without this tax credit extension bill by Mr. Jeffries, health insurance premiums are going to skyrocket for more than 20 million Americans across the country. They will see prices double, triple and even quadruple. It will leave millions with the difficult decision of going without coverage because they simply cannot afford rising costs.

Now, just days before prices skyrocket for American families, Republicans are bringing a bill to the floor that does absolutely nothing to lower prices.

Instead, Republicans are using this affordability crisis to prop up junk health insurance plans that discriminate against people and leave them hanging when they get sick.

Mr. Speaker, the American people are desperate for our help, and this Republican bill doesn't do a thing to provide it.

This bill is a sham, and a majority of the House knows it. I urge my colleagues to vote no.

We should take real action immediately by passing the Jeffries bill.

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