Committee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. This full Committee Hearing will convene regarding the administrations attack on the aca and i now recognize myself for 5 minutes to give an opening statement. We are here today because on march 25, 2019 the Trump Administration filed a two sentence letter with the United States court of appeals of the fifth circuit reversing its own previous position in the case of texas versus United States and asserting for the first time that it would not defend any portion of the Affordable Care act. If the Trump Administration position prevails and the entire aca is struck down there will be catastrophic implications for millions of americans and the entire United States Healthcare System. I have often said that voting for the Affordable Care act was the most important vote of my career. Let me tell you why. When Congress Passed the aca in 2010 we enshrined into law the promise
Committee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. This full Committee Hearing will convene regarding the administrations attack on the aca and i now recognize myself for 5 minutes to give an opening statement. We are here today because on march 25, 2019 the Trump Administration filed a two sentence letter with the United States court of appeals of the fifth circuit reversing its own previous position in the case of texas versus United States and asserting for the first time that it would not defend any portion of the Affordable Care act. If the Trump Administration position prevails and the entire aca is struck down there will be catastrophic implications for millions of americans and the entire United States Healthcare System. I have often said that voting for the Affordable Care act was the most important vote of my career. Let me tell you why. When Congress Passed the aca in 2010 we enshrined into law the promise
Long as they have in essence extra funds. Another possibility could be that the Supreme Court could hear oral arguments at the beginning of october if it wanted to. Theres a lot of speculation and a lot of uncertainty right now. The next we will take you live now to that discussion on the just completed Supreme Court term. We are live at the National Press club for a panel hosted by the american constitution society. After the bush v. Gore decision and acs was founded on the principle that law should be a force to improve the lives of all people. Now, the Supreme Court term that ended [ applause ] i know, it shouldnt we shouldnt actually have to say that thats an aspiration, but unfortunately it is. And that brings us to the Supreme Court term that ended yesterday and left us with quite a number of Unanswered Questions and some that were answered in ways that we might not have liked. But that all lead us to the coulden collusion that courts really matter and whether you care about the
Advocates on opposing sides of the healthcare law also testified patients who benefited from the law speaking on the potential impact of repeal. This hearing is three hours and 50 minutes. Committee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. This full Committee Hearing will convene regarding the administrations attack on the aca and i now recognize myself for 5 minutes to give an opening statement. We are here today because on march 25, 2019 the Trump Administration filed a two sentence letter with the United States court of appeals of the fifth circuit reversing its own previous position in the case of texas versus United States and asserting for the first time that it would not defend any portion of the Affordable Care act. If the Trump Administration position prevails and the entire aca is struck down there will be catastrophic implications for millions of americans and the entire United States Healthcare System. I h
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