Kaptur speaks on House floor regarding Pence visit to Northeast Ohio

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), the Dean of the Ohio Congressional Delegation, spoke on the House floor about Vice President Mike Pence's visit to a Northeast Ohio manufacturing facility to discuss the flawed and harmful TrumpCare proposal. Kaptur was dressed in black to mark the GOP's efforts to slash Medicaid.

Key excerpts from the speech:

"Ohioans should know the bill the GOP is trying to ramrod through Congress would threaten nearly one million Ohioans who gained coverage over the last few years through the Affordable Care Act. Further, seniors would see their premiums rise by four to five times as much with nothing being done to lower their cost of medicine.

"Why is this Administration making things worse for Ohioans? We need to maintain Medicaid for treatment of those Americans who are sick, those who are suffering, those in nursing homes, those who are mentally ill and those who are suffering from terminal illness.

"The Pence-Trump doctrine will hurt them all. I hope the Vice President won't mislead our people about how many Ohioans will lose coverage.

"Is the Vice President aware that health care jobs help drive our economy? And the TrumpCare bill, which is really a tax break for millionaires, will cause an Ohio job loss of over 80,000 workers over the next five years.

"I urge the Vice President to meet with officials from Cleveland Clinic, Metro Health or the Sisters of Charity, hear what they have to say about the GOP's anti-life bill."

Watch the speech here: https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4675181/kaptur-speaks-vp-pences-visit-northeast-ohio-sell-flawed-health-care-bill