07.19.17

Senators To Discuss Obamacare Repeal At White House—With A President Who Will Sign It

‘The Obamacare repeal legislation will ensure a stable, two-year transition period, which will allow us to wipe the slate clean and start over with real patient-centered health care reform This is the same legislation that a majority of the Senate voted to send to the president in 2015. Now, we thankfully have a president in office who will sign it. So we should send it to him.’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor today regarding the Senate Republican effort to repeal Obamacare:

“Obamacare was imposed on our country seven years ago. It has been hurting the people we represent ever since. Families were supposed to spend less on health costs. They paid more. Families were supposed to have more health choices. They ended up with fewer, sometimes none at all. Worse still, for many years we had an administration that often waived away the concerns of middle-class families who were hurting.

“Today, we thankfully have an administration that has chosen instead to listen — and agrees with us that Americans deserve better. I appreciate the efforts of the administration at every step of the process to move beyond the failures of Obamacare. The President. The Vice President. Secretary Price. Administrator Verma. So many others. We thank them for all the work they’ve done so far. We look forward to continuing those collaborative efforts when we travel to the White House later today. Because we have a very important task before us.

“As I announced last evening, after consulting with both the White House and our members, we have decided to hold the vote to open debate on Obamacare repeal early next week. The Obamacare repeal legislation will ensure a stable, two-year transition period, which will allow us to wipe the slate clean and start over with real patient-centered health care reform. This is the same legislation that a majority of the Senate voted to send to the president in 2015. Now, we thankfully have a president in office who will sign it. So we should send it to him.”

Related Issues: Health Care, Obamacare