House. While the nomination of solicitor general and after wednesday the senate will take a break for the rest of the week on the state work. Live coverage of the u. S. Senate on cspan2 the presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, the chaplain, dr. Barry black, the chaplain let us pray. Holy and gracious god, let your light shine out of darkness into our hearts. Today, fill our lawmakers with a knowledge of your purposes, providing them with the insights to accomplish your will. Inspire them to humble themselves under your mighty hand, so that you may exalt them in due time. Lord, keep them mindful of the great responsibility you have placed upon them, and may they trust your power to do through them more than they can ask or imagine. Watch over and guard them and their loved ones in their going out and coming in. Lord, thank you for your loving care and tender mercies that you provide us each day. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The presiding
30 million americans losing their Health Insurance means more americans will die. Thats not a dramatic hyperbolic statement. That is the truth. When Health Care Coverage goes down, american mortality rates go up. What else do we know about this legislation is. Is that it still raises costs like the other versions of trumpcare. This version of this partisan repeal plan will still force hardworking americans to pay more for actually worse care. It would abruptly end the critical assistance subsidies that have allowed millions to afford care. It would end support for people in the very marketplaces that two other bipartisan senators through the help committee are trying to discuss how were going to stabilize those markets to give people that very access. And we know that as a result of this repeal plan, americans can see their deductibles increase by several thousand dollars, and we could once again once again with those increases see bankruptcy rates increase after dropping dramatically
Americans we mourn with gold star families, but we cannot feel their pain. Theres nothing anyone can say or do to really comfort families suffering the loss of a loved one, but there is a lot people can say or do to cause grieving families additional pain as weve seen over this past week. As members of congress we are there for our constituents. They are our family. It is our obligation to speak up when they are hurt. The loss of an American Service member should be should not be politicized. Our Fallen Heroes should be honored. Sergeant la David Johnson is an american hero. Sergeant Jeremiah Johnson is an american hero. Staff Sergeant Brian black is an american hero. And Staff Sergeant Dustin Wright is an american hero. The 28 men and women who have lost lost their lives in service to our country this year are all american heroes. Let us honor their sacrifices and comfort their families, as has been the tradition in this country, until the last week. Mr. Speaker, i yield back the bala
1. 1 billion over 20192017. Now, we have already said what the Congressional Budget Office had reported earlier, that if we dont pass Something Like the alexandermurray proposal, this is what happens. If the if the if the costsharing payments are not made, it will go up. Our proposal would take them down. The federal debt will increase by 194 billion over ten years if we dont passion our proposal pass our proposal due to the extra cost of higher premiums and up to 16 million americans may live in counties where theyre not able to buy any insurance in individual markets. Now, there are 350,000 tennesseans in individual markets in tennessee and they will be terrified by the prospect of not being able to have any insurance to buy by the skyrocketing premiums. So i thank senator cornyn follow allowing me to interrupt and make a brief statement. But let me go to the bottom line once more. The president has said repeatedly, senator murray has said repeatedly, i have said repeatedly the alexa
We are engaged in nothing short of a rescue mission to finally bring relief to americans struggling under this law and to give everyone access to the care they need. Will break away from this paul ryan event and piggyback life to the floor of the u. S. Senate a senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune mr. President , its hard to argue that obamacare is not a failing law. Seven years after it became law, its laundry list of problems continues to grow. Higher premiums, higher deductibles, customers losing health plans, patients losing doctors, fewer choices, failed coops, unraveling exchanges. Unfortunate, without action that list will only become longer and the consequences will only become more severe. Republicans know that. Democrats know that. Unfortunately, Many Americans know it firsthand. The American People deserve better, and they rightly expect us to act. And thats why choosing to watch from the sidelines as obamacare fails is not a