Strengthen the Aca

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Mr. VEASEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to ask my colleagues to pass the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act.

Because we are in the middle of a global pandemic that has killed almost 130,000 Americans and is ravaging my home State of Texas and has left our hospitals overwhelmed right now, it is now more important that we do everything that we can to strengthen the ACA. This important legislation has already given access to millions of people that now have lifesaving healthcare, many who could not previously access it.

Madam Speaker, this legislation that I am working on now pushes critical provisions, like lowering healthcare costs, strengthening protections for people with preexisting conditions, negotiating for lower prescription drug prices, and expanding healthcare by pressing for Medicaid expansion.

Madam Speaker, let me tell you something: You don't want to get sick in Texas right now. You don't want to get sick in Texas right now. Our hospitals are overwhelmed because of the inaction of our Governor. It is shameful.

Anything that we can do here to help the crisis that we have back in our State, which is also about to grip other States in this Nation, we need to act on it now.

Time cannot wait.

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