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House floor actionsMOTION TO DISCHARGE COMMITTEE - Pursuant to clause 2 of Rule XV, Mr. Jeffries called up motion No. 4, to discharge the Committee on Rules from further consideration of H. Res. 780.
House floor actionsNOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO OFFER MOTION TO DISCHARGE - Mr. Jeffries notified the House of his intent to offer a motion to discharge the Committee on Rules from further consideration of H. Res. 780 pursuant to clause 2(c) of rule XV. The Chair announced that the House will entertain the gentleman's motion within two legislative days.
House floor actionsMotion to discharge the Committee on Rules filed by Mr. Jeffries. Assigned to the Discharge Calendar, Calendar No. 4. (consideration: CR H6019-6020)
House floor actionsMotion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Jeffries. Petition No: 119-10. (<a href="https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2025111210">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
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House floor actionsReferred to the House Committee on Rules.
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Hyde amendment protections need to be added to this bill. Taxpayer funds should not be forced to subsidize the killing of an unborn child by dismemberment or by baby poison pills.
I remind this body that the reason why these COVID-era tax credits expired is because the Democrats focused all their resources on helping their wealthy environmentalists with permanent tax credits for electric vehicles and solar panels.
Extending subsidies without reform is just paying more for a broken system. I am not going to vote to promote a broken ObamaCare system. If health insurance only looks affordable when Washington pumps in billions of temporary subsidies, the law itself is not affordable.
Republicans are willing to work with Democrats, but this is beyond the pale, and it is audacious to call it affordable healthcare. I am amazed. I am surprised. I encourage my colleagues to roundly, soundly stand firm and reject it, and no Republican should ever support this.
When your old roof keeps leaking, you can keep adding shingles to it, but eventually you must admit the structure underneath isn't built to weather the storm. Rather than double down on a problem that keeps getting more expensive, it is time sometimes to rethink the foundation. Such is the case with ObamaCare.
However, it is also true that suddenly withdrawing premium support from 22 million Americans is going to force those folks into a terrible dilemma: either paying hundreds or thousands of dollars more, so they face hard trade-offs for their families, losing their insurance altogether in a way that will impact the employer-based market of 150 million…
I am voting in favor of this discharge and this legislation to send it to the Senate so that the Senate will have the opportunity to put forth a reform package that can pass Congress and become law.
Pursuant to section 6 of House Resolution 977, the chair of the Committee on Appropriations submitted explanatory material relating to H.R. 6938. The contents of this submission will be published in Book II of the Record.
This argument is about universal access. For years, the Republican leadership in this institution has attempted to avert this very moment. For us this is not to be about spiking the football. This is not to be about an end-zone dance. This is about to declare a major victory for the American people.
I rise today, Mr. Speaker, in strong support of this bipartisan effort to protect the healthcare of the American people and ensure that we extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits, to make sure that tens of millions of Americans do not experience dramatically increased premiums, copays, and deductibles.
This bill is a godsend. I am not exaggerating. This bill is a godsend for people who are concerned that they are not going to have health insurance or already don't have health insurance because they weren't able to buy it on January 1.
Every Democrat supports this bill because we believe healthcare is a right for all and not a privilege for the few. No family should be pushed out of coverage, and we welcome our Republican colleagues who will be voting with us today. This makes it a happy day.
Today, thanks to the persistence of the American people, because millions of constituents have called their Members of Congress, shown up at townhalls, shown up and marched in the streets, because of parents who spoke out for their kids, for doctors who spoke out for their patients, neighbors who mobilized together, today, Congress has a chance to vote…
I rise to speak about being on the right side of history. I have taken the time to listen directly to the people of Nevada's Fourth District and all across my great State. They have shared their stories, their concerns, and their fears about their healthcare.
Democrats put forward this bill to help the American people. Thanks to a few sensible colleagues on the other side, we were able to force a vote on it.
Everyone here knows that affordability and the affordability of healthcare is the top concern of Americans today. Failure to extend these tax credits will cause health insurance premiums to skyrocket all across our land.
In Rhode Island and all across the country, people are being crushed by high healthcare costs because Republicans have refused to extend the Affordable Care Act funding.
It is about damned time that this bill is actually going to get a vote. Here is why. The Republicans in the summer passed their One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which I am glad they are not trying to rebrand anymore. It cut Medicaid by almost $1 trillion. It took away food stamps.
On behalf of the over half a million hardworking neighbors back home and across the Tampa Bay area, I rise in strong support of the extension of the lifesaving and cost-saving ACA tax credits.
Today, the fact is that we can do our jobs and, rather than take healthcare away, we can actually help fix it. I commend all of my Democratic colleagues and, yes, even a few on the Republican side that signed the discharge petition and will vote for this bill today, a day in a week that has been absolutely hectic.
Our vote today represents hope, the hope of millions to access their family physician, the hope for so many Americans who have wondered how they will be able to afford healthcare, hope that by using an extraordinary measure today in the House, we can address an extraordinary need.
The failure to extend enhanced premium tax credits has doubled healthcare costs for 20 million Americans. My colleagues don't want the healthcare system we have. Pass this legislation.
Imagine being a farmer choosing between insurance and seed, a small business owner weighing a doctor's visit against payroll, families hoping nothing goes wrong because they are one ER visit away from being homeless. This is the reality for rural America today.
I rise today in support of this critical bill that will lower the cost of healthcare for thousands of Oregonians and millions of Americans by extending the Affordable Care Act premium tax credits.
House Democrats have fought for months to save Americans' healthcare. That led to four Republicans working with us to bring this bill to the floor today. Yesterday, nine Republicans voted with us to bring this tax credit extension up. Today, it is 11.
1 week ago, Republicans skyrocketed healthcare costs for 22 million Americans. They chose to let the ACA tax credits expire, even though there was bipartisan support to extend them.
Speaker Johnson should have let us vote on this bill at the end of last year, but instead of bringing down the cost of healthcare, groceries, or housing, Republicans are focused on protecting President Trump while he invades foreign countries, builds golden ballrooms, and renames monuments to himself, all while families in my district watch their…
In Illinois, there are 465,000 people who depend on the Affordable Care Act to acquire health insurance. For the past several years, the majority of them have used enhanced Federal tax credits to lower the cost.
I met Shadene Butchart in Chicago. She has ALS. Since the ACA tax credits have expired, her health insurance premium consumes the entirety of her husband's Social Security check. She will not be able to afford any health insurance to cover this incredibly distressing disease.
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