I am fully committed to repealing Obamacare. One of the very first votes I cast in the 112th Congress was to repeal Obamacare in its entirety. In February, Republicans passed funding restrictions to severely limit the President’s ability to implement Obamacare. In addition to these votes, I have been working on legislation that we will pass in the coming weeks that will eliminate $105 billion Obamacare “mandatory” slush funds. This mandatory spending is wrong and one of the many reasons I repeatedly voted against Obamacare in the 111th Congress. Obamacare must be repealed and replaced with common-sense reforms that lower health care costs.
Please know that I will continue to fight against this unconstitutional bill. Below is a list of my votes this year and please know that I will continue to pursue strategic opportunities to get these and other bills to President Obama’s desk.
Floor Action
January 19, 2011, I voted for H.R. 2, the Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act: One of the House’s first official actions was to repeal Obamacare in its entirety and instruct the committees of jurisdiction to begin work on finding common sense patient-centered replacement legislation.
On February 19, 2011, I voted for H.R. 1, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011: The House passed several substantial bipartisan amendments to H.R. 1 that would severely handicap implementation of Obamacare:
- I voted for the Rehberg Amendment #575: Provides that no funds in this Act may be may be used for any employee, officer, contractor or grantee of any department or agency funded in this title (Labor & HHS) to implement the health care provisions of Obamacare.
- I voted for the King Amendment #267: Provides that no funds in this Act may be may be used to implement Obamacare.
- I voted for the King Amendment #268: Provides that no funds in this Act may be may be used to pay officials who implement Obamacare.
- I voted for the Emerson Amendment #83: Provides that no funds in this Act may be may used by the IRS to implement or enforce provisions on Obamacare related to the reporting of health insurance coverage.
- I voted for the Price Amendment #409: Provides that no funds in this Act may be used by HHS to implement or enforce the Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) provision.
- I voted for the Burgess Amendment #200 would prohibit any funds in this Act to be used to pay the salary of any officer or employee of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO).
- I voted for the Pitts Amendment #430: Provides that no funds in this Act may be used for an officer or employee at HHS, IRS, and Labor to do any action to specify or define, through regulations, guidelines, or otherwise, essential benefits as required in Obamacare.
- I voted for the Gardner Amendment #79: Provides that no funds in the Act may be used to pay the salary of any employee or officer of the HHS who develops or promulgates regulations or guidance regarding Exchanges under Obamacare.
- I voted for the Hayworth Amendment #567: Provides that no funds in this Act may be used to implement the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) created under Obamacare.
On March 3, 2011, I voted for H.R. 4, the Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of 2011: H.R. 4 repealed the job-killing Form 1099 reporting requirements that were added in Obamacare strictly as a way to help finance Obamacare. This provision has a real detrimental impact on small businesses and Americans believe it needs to be repealed.
