Floor Statements | Education & the Workforce Committee

Health Care

Kline Statement: H.R. 45, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
May 16, 2013 - Our nation is mired in a jobs crisis and the president’s health care law is making it worse. Since ObamaCare was first enacted in 2010, federal bureaucrats have written nearly 20,000 pages of new regulations. Meanwhile, America’s job creators are struggling to manage the full effects of the law in t... More

Kline Statement: H.R. 6079, the Repeal of ObamaCare Act
Jul 10, 2012 - On June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to the American people. In a sharply divided opinion, the court upheld the president’s decision to tax individuals who don’t purchase government-approved health insurance. If Washington can dictate that private citizens must buy health insu... More

Kline Statement: Consideration of H.R. 2
Jan 19, 2011 - As prepared for delivery. For 20 consecutive months more than 14 million Americans have been unemployed. As much as we would like to solve this problem, the federal government cannot legislate or regulate our way to job creation. We can, however, foster economic certainty that will encourage familie... More

Kline Statement: Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 4872, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act
Mar 25, 2010 - Mr. Speaker, it has been suggested that today’s action will be the final word on the health care debate that has consumed the attention of Washington for more than a year. I would suggest, instead, that much remains to be said – and seen. The ink is hardly dry on the Democrats’ government takeover o... More

Kline Statement: Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and H.R. 4872, the Reconciliation Act of 2010
Mar 21, 2010 - I came to Congress seven years ago to do my part to make this country better. Every vote I cast and every policy I help shape must be judged by whether it achieves what my constituents sent me here to accomplish. As each Member of this, the people’s House prepares to vote ‘yay’ or ‘nay,’ we should a... More

Kline Statement: Consideration of H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act
Nov 7, 2009 - Thank you Madame Speaker – where do I begin? We have before us over 2,000 pages of legislative text that continues to be amended with additional changes none of us have had much of any chance to review. I cannot even begin to convey to you what’s wrong with this bill in the short time available. But... More

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