Congressional Record, House, September 30, 2021, Page H5560
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A page of the Congressional Record, House, dated September 30, 2021, at page H5560, made up of speeches. A speaker says that in August Customs and Border Protection announced over 200,000 apprehensions, up 317 percent from a year earlier, and calls the Afghanistan withdrawal the sole responsibility of President Biden. A Representative from northern Illinois describes living since childhood with a heart condition that left her at risk of losing coverage until the Affordable Care Act, and urges making the advanced premium tax credit from the American Rescue Plan permanent and closing the Medicaid coverage gap in the Build Back Better Act. The page ends with a heading, Days of Bipartisan Solutions Few and Far Between. The remarks are the speakers' own.
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H5560 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 30, 2021
several months later, it is still clear into Congress in January of 2019, I have coverage that was started by the
that no help has been on the way. been on a mission to expand access to Obama-Biden administration more
In August, U.S. Customs and Border high-quality, affordable healthcare for than a decade ago.
Protection announced that they have people in my northern Illinois district We must make the advanced pre-
made over 200,000 apprehensions of and Americans across the country. mium tax credit from the American
drugs, up 317 percent from just a year It is actually a mission that started Rescue Plan permanent and close the
ago. long before I came to Congress. In fact, Medicaid coverage gap in the Build
Biden’s failure to lead and take con- it started when I was in elementary Back Better Act.
trol of this situation has created a de- school. That is when I was first diag- We have a once-in-a-generation op-
volving humanitarian crisis, a national nosed with a heart condition that I portunity to make high-quality
security crisis, and a public health cri- have lived with ever since. Because of healthcare affordable and accessible to
sis at our southern border. that preexisting condition, I spent all. The American people are counting
Biden has also failed to lead on our most of my life at risk of losing on us to get this done, and we must de-
world stage. Our tragic and disastrous healthcare coverage. liver.
withdrawal from Afghanistan is the That all changed when the House f
sole responsibility of President Biden passed the Affordable Care Act and it
and his colossal failure to lead as Com- DAYS OF BIPARTISAN SOLUTIONS
was signed into law in 2010, protecting
mander in Chief. FEW AND FAR BETWEEN
people like me with preexisting condi-
The administration still owes the tions and eventually extending cov- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
American people answers. Why were erage to more than 20 million Ameri- Chair recognizes the gentleman from
billions of dollars of military equip- cans, many for the first time in their Pennsylvania (Mr. THOMPSON) for 5
ment left behind for the Taliban? Why adult lives. minutes.
did we cave to the Taliban’s timeline? These historic gains have always Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania.
Why did we fail to evacuate every sin- hung in the balance, subject to more Madam Speaker, I rise today with
gle American before leaving? than 50 attempts from Republicans to great disappointment as we await a
Just this week we learned Biden lied repeal the law over the past decade. vote on a secretive budget reconcili-
to the American people regarding the But the ACA didn’t just survive; it is ation package.
advice he received from his top mili- now stronger than ever before, thanks I am incredibly proud to serve as the
tary generals. The commander of the to the 2-year version of my Health Care Republican leader of the House Agri-
U.S. Central Command testified under Affordability Act that was included in culture Committee, and it is an honor
oath that he recommended keeping a the American Rescue Plan. to work on behalf of the farmers,
small force of 2,500 troops in Afghani- Thanks to the advanced premium tax ranchers, and foresters who feed,
stan, yet Biden previously told the credit expansion that I championed, clothe, and power our Nation. I am
American people that no one rec- marketplace enrollees are seeing sav- equally proud of the bipartisan work
ommended keeping this limited troop ings of more than $40 per person per the House Committee on Agriculture
presence. month, a 40 percent reduction in their has done on behalf of rural America.
Biden has been silent as the far left monthly spending on healthcare. That Sadly, though, since the start of the
wing of his party has attacked Israel means more money for groceries, 117th Congress, it seems the days of bi-
and their right to defend themselves. school supplies, and essentials that partisan, commonsense solutions are
Abandoning our allies, abandoning and families depend on. now few and far between. The most re-
lying to the American people, this Medium plan deductibles for new en- cent reconciliation process for the Ag-
seems to be the Biden leadership doc- rollees have dropped by nearly 90 per- riculture Committee is especially con-
trine. cent, from $450 to $50. cerning, if not utterly bizarre.
Under the President’s leadership, we Half of eligible uninsured Hispanic On Friday, September 10, my Repub-
are no longer energy independent. On adults and 45 percent of eligible unin- lican colleagues and I participated in a
his first day of office, Biden killed the sured Black adults are now able to find 9.5-hour markup only for the com-
XL pipeline, eliminating 11,000 great a zero-premium plan. mittee Democrats to recess until the
jobs. He put Paris over Paullina, Iowa, In just 6 months since the American following Monday to gain the votes
and other communities in my district Rescue Plan was signed into law by they needed to ram through an incom-
by rejoining the climate accords, which President Biden, we have cut our Na- plete and unvetted budget reconcili-
will cause electricity to skyrocket. tion’s uninsured rate, provided sub- ation package to the tune of $66 billion.
Yet this same woke progressive ad- stantial savings for individuals and Noticeably missing from the package
ministration that pretends to care so families, and taken the most signifi- was a whopping $28 billion—$6 billion
much about the climate is about to cant step toward health equity since more than the committee’s instruc-
give a huge win to the oil industry. the Affordable Care Act was signed tion—in additional spending, left out
They are undermining clean-burning into law. due to the Democrats’ ongoing prob-
biofuels by attacking the renewable But if we fail to act now and make lems with the Congressional Budget Of-
fuel standard, leaving crop growers and the American Rescue Plan’s advanced fice and the Byrd rule in the Senate.
my biofuels producers behind in the premium tax credit plan permanent, During the markup, both Republican
dust. all of this progress will be wiped out in and Democrat members asked repeat-
It seems the Biden leadership doc- just 2 years. Americans will lose the edly when the committee would know
trine in a nutshell has been to ruin this coverage they are now protected by or more about the missing funds and
economy and is undermining our inde- once again face premiums that render whether the committee would be able
pendence. coverage unaffordable and lead them to to engage, review, and mark up the
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- forgo insurance altogether. The gains provisions. The committee’s majority
bers are reminded again to refrain from that we have made in closing coverage indicated the $28 billion would be added
engaging in personalities toward the gaps in communities of color will be re- at a later stage.
President. versed. The millions of people who This was a stunning admission and a
f might now have health insurance for departure from regular order for the
b 1045 the first time in their adult lives will House Agriculture Committee. This
once again lay awake at night won- amount of money would traditionally
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AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE FOR dering if they are one illness away demand dozens of public hearings, tes-
ALL from bankruptcy. timony from stakeholders, and rounds
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The We cannot afford to backtrack on the of technical assistance from USDA, all
Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from historic progress we have made for the conducted by the committee of juris-
Illinois (Ms. UNDERWOOD) for 5 minutes. American people. This is our moment diction.
Ms. UNDERWOOD. Madam Chair, to stand on the right side of history Unfortunately, that was not the case
from the very first day I was sworn and finish the job to reach universal for this bill, a package that rivals
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