April 8, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 60 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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                  AVAILABLE AND AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE

  (Mr. CASE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CASE. Mr. Speaker, most of our fellow Americans just want us to 
assure them that the necessities of life are available and affordable: 
food, shelter, education, safety. Are they available and affordable?
  Most of our fellow Americans would add to that available and 
affordable to all Americans, because the promise, opportunities and 
responsibilities of citizenship are shared, and are best shared by all 
of us. Nowhere is this more evident than in healthcare.
  The question before us all now is how to ensure that quality 
healthcare is available and affordable for all Americans.
  We can, should, and must continue the great debate over how best to 
do so, for healthcare remains unavailable to tens of millions of 
Americans, unaffordable even when available, and widely inconsistent on 
quality.
  What we can't, shouldn't, and must not do is take a giant step 
backward to strip tens of millions of Americans of any semblance of 
available, affordable, quality healthcare. That is exactly what we 
would do if the Affordable Care Act were repealed by this Congress or 
our courts.
  To those few who don't agree with our basic promise to start with, 
please get out of the way. To those who do, but don't agree that this 
is the best way forward, let's hear your concrete proposal.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Allred). Members are reminded to address 
their remarks to the Chair.

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