‘The Democratic Leadership In The Senate Doesn’t Want To Vote On This Bill. But I Assure You, We Will.’

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell delivered the following remarks regarding the House vote to repeal the Democrats’ trillion-dollar health law that increases costs, raises taxes by $500 billion, and cuts Medicare by $500 billion to finance new Washington spending programs.

Video of the remarks is available here.

Full transcript of U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s remarks:

“Republicans in the House of Representatives kept their promise to you by voting to repeal the Democrats’ health spending bill.

“As one of their first acts since taking the majority, they voted to scrap this monstrosity before it does any more damage to our economy or to the care that patients receive.

“Now they’ll work to replace it with commonsense, step-by-step reforms that actually lower costs.

“They heard you when Democrats in Washington jammed this 2,700 page bill through Congress that increased costs, raised taxes, discourages job-creation, and cut Medicare.

“And they heard you in November, when you told Washington you were sick of trillion dollar spending bills put together in the dead of the night and packed with sweetheart deals.

“Republicans have been listening. And now they’re acting.

“I want to congratulate our colleagues in the House on this important first step.

“I hope the Senate will soon follow suit with a vote of its own.

“The Democratic leadership in the Senate doesn’t want to vote on this bill. But I assure you, we will.

“We should repeal this law and focus on common sense steps that actually lower costs and encourage private sector job creation.

“That’s what Americans want. It’s the right thing to do.”

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Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog. Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.

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