Trump, GOP leaders celebrate health care win

AND THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, WELCOME
TO THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF
OBAMACARE.
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IT WAS MARCH 2010, SEVEN YEARS
AGO, DEMOCRATS PASSED A
GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF
HEALTHCARE.
AT THAT TIME, REPUBLICANS IN
CONGRESS PROMISED THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE THAT LAW WOULD NOT STAND.
TODAY, THANKS TO THE
PERSEVERANCE, THE DETERMINATION,
AND THE LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP AND ALL THE SUPPORT
OF THOSE GATHERED HERE WE'VE
TAKEN A HISTORIC FIRST STEP TO
REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMACARE AND
FINALLY GIVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
THE KIND OF HEALTHCARE THEY
DESERVE.
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SO TODAY WITH HEART FELT
GRATITUDE FOR ALL HE'S DONE TO
KEEP HIS WORD TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE AND FOR ALL HE WILL DO TO
CONTINUE TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT
AGAIN, IT'S MY HIGH HONOR AND
DISTINCT PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE
TO YOU THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
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>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MIKE.
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THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS REALLY IS THE GROUP, WHAT A
GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE.
AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN DOING IT
FOR THE PARTY, THEY'RE DOING IT
FOR THIS COUNTRY.
BECAUSE WE SUFFERED WITH
OBAMACARE.
WENT THROUGH TWO YEARS OF
CAMPAIGNING, AND I'M TELLING
YOU, NO MATTER WHERE I WENT,
PEOPLE WERE SUFFERING SO BADLY
WITH THE RAVAGES OF OBAMACARE.
AND I WILL SAY THIS, THAT AS FAR
AS I'M CONCERNED, YOUR PREMIUMS,
THEY'RE GOING TO START TO COME
DOWN.
WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS PASSED
THROUGH THE SENATE, I FEEL SO
CONFIDENT.
YOUR DEDUCTIBLES, WHEN IT COMES
TO DEDUCTIBLES, THEY WERE SO
RIDICULOUS THAT NOBODY GOT TO
USE THEIR CURRENT PLAN.
NONEXISTENT PLAN I HEARD SO MANY
WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT OVER THE
LAST THREE OR FOUR DAYS AFTER
THAT.
I MEAN, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE
GOING TO HEAR SO MUCH RIGHT NOW,
THE INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE
FLEEING.
IT'S BEEN A CATASTROPHE.
AND THIS IS A GREAT PLAN.
I ACTUALLY THINK IT WILL GET
EVEN BETTER.
AND THIS IS MAKE NO MISTAKE,
THIS IS A REPEAL AND A REPLACE
OF OBAMACARE.
MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT.
MAKE NO MISTAKE.
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I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY, YES,
PREMIUMS WILL BE COMING DOWN.
YES, DEDUCTIBLES WILL BE COMING
DOWN.
BUT VERY IMPORTANTLY, IT'S A
GREAT PLAN.
AND ULTIMATELY THAT'S WHAT IT'S
ALL ABOUT.
WE KNEW THAT WASN'T GOING TO
WORK.
I PREDICTED IT A LONG TIME AGO.
I SAID IT'S FAILING.
AND NOW IT'S OBVIOUS THAT IT'S
FAILING.
IT'S DEAD, IT'S ESSENTIALLY
DEAD.
IF WE DON'T PAY LOTS OF RANSOM
MONEY OVER TO THE INSURANCE
COMPANIES, IT WOULD DIE
IMMEDIATELY.
WHAT WE HAVE IS SOMETHING VERY,
VERY INCREDIBLY WELL-CRAFTED.
TELL YOU WHAT, THERE IS A LOT OF
TALENT STANDING BEHIND ME.
AN UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT OF
TALENT.
THAT I CAN TELL YOU.
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YOU KNOW COMING FROM A DIFFERENT
WORLD AND ONLY BE A POLITICIAN
FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, HOW
AM I DOING?
AM I DOING OKAY?
I'M PRESIDENT.
HEY, I'M PRESIDENT.
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
RIGHT?
I DON'T KNOW.
I THOUGHT YOU NEEDED A LITTLE
BIT MORE TIME THEY ALWAYS TOLD
ME.
MORE TIME.
BUT WE DIDN'T.
WE HAVE AN AMAZING GROUP OF
PEOPLE STANDING BEHIND ME.
THEY WORKED SO HARD.
THEY WORKED SO LONG.
AND WHAT I SAID, LET'S DO THIS,
LET'S GO OUT, SHORT LITTLE SHOTS
FOR EACH ONE OF US AND LET'S SAY
HOW GOOD THIS PLAN IS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS
UNBELIEVABLE VICTORY, WASN'T IT
UNBELIEVABLE?
WE DON'T HAVE TO SAY IT AGAIN.
BUT IT'S GOING TO BE AN
UNBELIEVABLE VICTORY WHEN WE GET
IT THROUGH THE SENATE AND
THERE'S SO MUCH SPIRIT THERE.
BUT I SAID LET'S GO OUT, WE HAVE
A LITTLE LIST OF SOME OF THE
PEOPLE, AND I THINK AFTER THAT
LIST GOES, IF THEY DON'T TALK
TOO LONG, OUR FIRST LIST, WE'RE
GOING TO LET SOME OF THE OTHER
FOLKS COME UP AND SAY WHATEVER
YOU WANT.
BUT WE WANT TO BRAG ABOUT THE
PLAN.
BECAUSE THIS PLAN, REALLY --
UH-OH.
WELL, WE MAY.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE PLAN, HOW GREAT IT IS.
SOME OF THE GREAT FEATURES, I
WANT TO THANK PAUL RYAN.
HE'S WORKED SO HARD.
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I WAS JOKING, I SAID, YOU KNOW,
PAUL FOR THE LAST WEEK I'VE BEEN
HEARING PAUL RYAN DUNTDOESN'T W.
TODAY I HEARD PAUL RYAN'S A
GENIUS.
RIGHT?
YOU KNOW, THE GROUPS HAVE ALL
COME TOGETHER.
THE TUESDAY GROUP.
WE HAVE THE FREEDOM CAUCUS, WE
HAVE -- THEY'RE ALL GREAT
PEOPLE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF GROUPS.
BUT THEY ALL CAME TOGETHER,
REALLY, PAUL, I'D SAY IN THE
LAST THREE FOUR DAYS, I SEE MARK
AND KEVIN, I SEE SO MANY PEOPLE.
JIM.
WE JUST HAVE DEVELOPED A BOND.
THIS HAS REALLY BROUGHT THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY TOGETHER.
AS MUCH AS WE'VE COME UP WITH A
REALLY INCREDIBLE HEALTHCARE
PLAN, THIS HAS BROUGHT THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY TOGETHER.
WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS FINISHED
AND THEN WE'RE GOING AS YOU
KNOW, WE PUT OUR TAX PLAN IN.
IT'S A MASSIVE TAX CUT.
THE BIGGEST TAX CUT IN THE
HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.
I USED TO SAY THE BIGGEST SINCE
RONALD REAGAN.
NOW IT'S BIGGER THAN THAT.
ALSO, PURE TAX REFORM.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT DONE
NEXT.
AND THIS REALLY HELPS IT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID HOW COME
YOU KEPT PUSHING HEALTHCARE
KNOWING HOW TOUGH IT IS.
DON'T FORGET, OBAMACARE TOOK 17
MONTHS.
HILLARY CLINTON TRIED SO HARD,
REALLY VALIANTLY IN ALL
FAIRNESS, TO GET HEALTHCARE
THROUGH, DIDN'T HAPPEN.
WE'VE REALLY BEEN DOING THIS FOR
EIGHT WEEKS, IF YOU THINK ABOUT
IT.
AND THIS IS A REAL PLAN.
THIS IS A GREAT PLAN.
WE HAD NO SUPPORT FROM THE OTHER
PARTY.
SO I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE
SOMEBODY TO SAY A FEW WORDS WHO
REALLY HAS BEEN I THINK TREATY
VERY UNFAIRLY, BUT IT NO LONGER
MATTERS BECAUSE WE WON AND WE'RE
GOING TO FINISH IT OFF AND WE'RE
GOING TO GO ON TO A LOT OF OTHER
THINGS.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A
TREMENDOUS FOUR YEARS AND MAYBE
EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE A TREMENDOUS EIGHT
YEARS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO START
OFF WITH JUST A GREAT FIRST
YEAR.
AND PAUL RYAN, COME UP AND SAY A
FEW WORDS, CONGRATULATIONS ON A
JOB WELL DONE.
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>> THANK YOU, GUYS.
THANK YOU.
FIRST, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE TO
NAME WHO PLAYED SUCH AN
IMPORTANT ROLE IN HELPING US GET
TO THIS POINT.
BUT I WANT TO THANK A FEW PEOPLE
IN PARTICULAR.
I WANT TO THANK CHAIRMAN GREG
WALDEN, KEVIN BRADY, PETE
SESSION AND THE MEMBERS OF THEIR
COMMITTEES FOR ALL THE HARD WORK
THEY PUT IN TO GETTING US TO
THIS POINT.
I WANT TO THANK ALL THE OTHER
MEMBERS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO
MAKING THIS THE BEST BILL
POSSIBLE.
IT REALLY WAS A COLLABORATIVE
CONSENSUS DRIVEN EFFORT.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE TEAM
HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
I WANT TO THANK TOM PRICE.
I WANT TO THANK MICK MULVANEY
AND REINCE PRIEBUS.
YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST.
OF COURSE, THIS WOULD NOT HAVE
BEEN POSSIBLE IF IT WEREN'T FOR
THESE TWO GENTLEMEN BEHIND ME.
THIS IS THE FOURTH PRESIDENCY
I'VE SERVED WITH.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANY ENGAGEMENT
LIKE THIS.
I WANT TO THANK MIKE PENCE AND
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IN THEIR
PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT IN WORKING
WITH OUR MEMBERS TO GETTING THIS
DONE AND GETTING THIS TO WHERE
WE ARE.
THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.
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# TODAY WAS A BIG DAY BUT IT'S
ONE STEP IN THIS PROCESS.
AN IMPORTANT STEP.
WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO
DO TO GET THIS SIGNED INTO LAW.
AND I KNOW THAT OUR FRIENDS OVER
IN THE SENATE ARE EAGER TO GET
TO WORK.
THEY ARE.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT WORK
THROUGH.
YOU KNOW WHY WE'RE GOING TO SEE
THIS WORK THROUGH?
THE ISSUES ARE TOO IMPORTANT.
THE STAKES ARE JUST TOO HIGH.
THE PROBLEMS FACING AMERICAN
FAMILIES ARE REAL.
AND THE PROBLEMS FACING AMERICAN
FAMILIES AS A RESULT OF
OBAMACARE ARE JUST TOO DIRE AND
TOO URGENT.
JUST THIS WEEK, JUST THIS WEEK,
WE LEARNED OF ANOTHER STATE,
IOWA, WHERE THE LAST REMAINING
HEALTHCARE PLAN IS PULLING OUT
OF 94 OF THEIR 99 COUNTIES.
LEAVING MOST OF THEIR CITIZENS
WITH NO PLANS ON THE OBAMACARE
MARKET AT ALL.
WHAT KIND OF PROTECTION IS
OBAMACARE IF THERE ARE NO PLANS
TO CHOOSE FROM?
AND THIS IS A TREND WE'RE SEEING
ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THE TRUTH IS, THIS LAW HAS
FAILED AND IT IS COLLAPSING.
PREMIUMS ARE SKY ROCKETING AND
CHOICES ARE DISAPPEARING.
IT'S ONLY GETTING WORSE,
SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL.
AND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TO
REPEAL THIS LAW AND PUT IN PLACE
A REAL VIBRANT MARKETPLACE WITH
COMPETITION AND LOWER PREMIUMS
FOR FAMILIES.
THAT'S WHAT THE AMERICAN
HEALTHCARE ACT IS ALL ABOUT.
IT MAKES HEALTHCARE MORE
AFFORDABLE.
IT TAKES CARE OF OUR MOST
VULNERABLE AND SHIFTS POWER FROM
WASHINGTON BACK TO THE STATES
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY BACK TO
YOU, THE PATIENT.
LIKE I SAID, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF
WORK TO DO.
BUT ONE THING IS NOW CLEAR,
REPUBLICANS ARE COMMITTED TO
KEEPING OUR PROMISE.
TO LIFT THE BURDEN OF OBAMACARE
FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND
PUT IN PLACE A BETTER MORE
PATIENT CENTERED SYSTEM.
IT IS MY PLEASURE AT THIS TIME
TO THANK AND TO WELCOME TO THE
STAGE SOMEONE WHO HELPED MAKE
THIS SO POSSIBLE, OUR VERY
TALENTED MAJORITY LEADER, KEVIN
McCARTHY.
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>> I REMEMBER THE VERY FIRST
TIME I CAME DOWN HERE TO SEE THE
NEW PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
WE TALKED ABOUT HEALTHCARE.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE PRESIDENT
SAID?
HE SAID LET'S NOT MAKE THIS
PARTISAN.
DON'T DO WHAT YOU THINK IS RIGHT
FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE AMERICAN
COUNTRY.
TODAY THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE
DID.
YOU SEE, IF YOU SIMPLY READ THE
PAPERS FROM THIS WEEK, YOU TAKE
POLITICS OUT OF IT, AND YOU PUT
PEOPLE BEFORE POLITICS, HOW DO
YOU LOOK IN THE FACES OF 94
COUNTIES IN IOWA OUT OF 99?
NOT THAT THEY WON'T HAVE VERY
MANY CHOICES, THEY'LL HAVE NO
CHOICE.
HOW DO YOU CARE FOR PREEXISTING
CONDITIONS WHEN THERE'S NO CARE
AT ALL?
OR YOU READ THE PAPER YESTERDAY
AND YOU LOOK AT ETNA PULLING OUT
OF VIRGINIA.
OR TENNESSEE NEXT YEAR WITH 16
COUNTIES WITH NO CARE.
WHAT ABOUT THOSE FAMILIES THAT
PAID INTO THOSE 23 CO-OPS THAT
OBAMACARE VACREATED.
18 HAVE COLLAPSES AND THE ONLY
ANSWER THE GOVERNMENT GIVES THEM
IS A PENALTY.
IF YOU SIMPLY LOOK AT THE FACTS,
MORE PEOPLE TOOK THE PENALTY OR
THE EXEMPTION THAN ACTUALLY
SIGNED UP FOR OBAMACARE.
I DID NOT RUN TO THIS OFFICE TO
PROMOTE A PARTY.
I RAN FOR THIS OFFICE TO MAKE
THIS COUNTRY BETTER.
YEAH, IT WOULD BE EASY TO SAY
NO.
IT WOULD BE EASY TO WATCH IT
COLLAPSE.
BUT I CAN'T LOOK AT THOSE
FAMILIES.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
AND THAT'S THE EXACT MESSAGE I
GOT FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION.
MR. PRESIDENT, I WANT TO THANK
YOU.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP.
I WANT TO THANK THE VICE
PRESIDENT.
YOU KNOW, I'VE ONLY BEEN THROUGH
A FEW PRESIDENTS BUT I'VE NEVER
SEEN SOMEONE SO HANDS ON.
I WALKED INTO MY OFFICE
YESTERDAY MORNING AND THEY SAID
THE PRESIDENT'S CALLING AGAIN Y.
PICK UP THE PHONE, I HAPPEN TO
BE THE MAJORITY LEADER, THE
FORMER WHIP.
I KNOW MY MEMBERS WELL.
THE PRESIDENT GIVES ME A LIST OF
WHO HE THINKS I WOULD BE BEST TO
TALK TO ON THE LIST.
AND HE WAS RIGHT.
MR. PRESIDENT, THEY ALL VOTED
FOR THE BILL.
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TODAY IS A START.
TODAY IS THE START OF A NEW
BEGINNING.
YES, IT'S ABOUT PROVIDING BETTER
HEALTHCARE.
BUT WITH I HAPPEN TO HAVE BEEN A
SMALL BUSINESS OWNER.
I LISTENED TO MY DISTRICT.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY FAMILIES NO
LONGER HAVE A 40 HOUR JOB AND
HAVE TO TAKE TWO PART-TIME JOBS?
OR HOW MANY SMALL BUSINESSES
TOLD ME THAT THEY COULDN'T
EXPAND ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY WERE
AFRAID OF WHAT OBAMACARE WOULD
DO FOR THEM.
WE ARE GOING TO UNSHACKLE, BUILD
AN ECONOMY, LET PEOPLE HAVE

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