Voices Support for House-Passed CR that Defunds Obamacare
Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today outlined his support for the House-passed Continuing Resolution (CR) that defunds Obamacare and the reasons this flawed law must be completely dismantled and defunded to save Texans and Americans across the country from its detrimental impact:
The full speech can be seen here and excerpts of his remarks are below:
“During the health care debate in 2009 and 2010, President Obama did not seek any kind of genuine compromise with Republicans, but instead he chose to ram it through on a controversial party-line vote, which has generated nothing but division and bitterness since this legislation was first passed. Four and a half years later Obamacare is more unpopular than ever.
“The only way to effectively stop Obamacare is to dismantle it entirely. That’s why I strongly support the House bill that would defund Obamacare and save the American people from this public policy train wreck.
“My colleagues and I stand ready to work with the president on smart, patient-centered health care reforms that will actually reduce costs and improve access. But we refuse to help him salvage a law that has proven to be so unaffordable, unworkable and so completely at odds with what the American people were told the law would do when this bill was passed.”
Senator Cornyn serves on the Finance and Judiciary Committees. He serves as the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee’s Immigration, Refugees and Border Security subcommittee. He served previously as Texas Attorney General, Texas Supreme Court Justice, and Bexar County District Judge.
