Statements, vrble wars that have gone on across the aisle, we know that no one on the emocratic side wants to harm people, wants people hurt, we dont question their motives, d yet, as i im in my office, hearing friends across term sle, using the loosely, but use terms about how die. Nt people to we have come to a sad place in our history. This story, june 30, from fox news, reporting on statements de by some individuals, this from massachusetts senator warren, quote, these medicaid cuts are blood money, people will die. They are paying for tax cuts with american lives. Bernie sanders predict thousands will die if a 23 million will lose their insurance. A drop or lose their insurance. And senator sappeders accused republic caps for tax breaks for the rich. Quote, is this what america is supposed to be about. And from people with cancer in order to give tax breaks to the billionaires, unquote. Quote, let us be clear, this is not trying to be dramatic. Thousands of people will die if the Republicans Health care bill will become law. If the Republicans Health care bill is passed, thousands of people will die. If the bill is not passed, thousands of people will die. So i guess, we cant say its not true, thousands of people will die if it passes or not. But the implications that republicans, are going to kill people. And i would like an acknowledgement like senator sanders, that there have been people since obamacare has and d who loss the their didnt get the treatments they d, their way of life was harmed and a lot of people have died earlier if the president s words have not been hollowed, if you like your sflurns, you can keep your insurance and not rewarded insurance like m. D. And dr son, because if they had the best Health Care Providers for these lifeending disses ease. It created an incentive for Insurance Companies not to get the best end oftreaters in their network. He credit, some have, but many havent. So, it has been amazing. Heres other rhetoric. The former senator, hillary pan on said forget death else, republicans are the death party. Maybe thats one of the ropes she didnt in. At is an outrageous thing to say. This article goes on to say, they ring the alarm, the colorado governor came to washington to lobby against the measure and would lead to 100 deaths by 2026. Now this this liberal group apparently center for american progress, liberal think tank. I dont know what their tank is full of. But more social is particular thinking. But according to the center, center for american progress, if 2 million have fewer Health Result in ll additional deaths in 2026 and 217,000. Isnt that interesting. There isnt anything they can point to a factual basis. Any citing of c. B. O. Whose , c. B. O. Is not a source that should be cited with a straight face. They just shouldnt be. And i agree with my friend when it comes to tax reform, we just ed to forget c. B. O. And they explain and create these models. They create models that provide us the scores. Out. Ge in, garbage gotten to be a sad state of affairs because people are hurting across america. They of my district, want to like the government having so much control over their lives. And take ead and into care of them. But i do represent the best interests. And i think the 75 of my district are right about right needbe best that obamacare to be repealed. We need to get relationships back between a patient and a zock tore without an Insurance Company or a government in between them exeps for very fair casions as it once wasment used to be that will government didnt have anything to say anything about that except f. D. A. But Insurance Companies came along. But only for catastrophic problems. But we had complete control of our health care. And i do appreciate greatly leaderate House Minority ncy pelosi referencing the honoring of god. Is an act ement to of worship is to dishonor the god who made us, but if the government is big enough to say, who gets health care and who doesnt, who gets treatment, who ts the isaving care and who doesnt, then that is to put government in the place of god and nothing dishonors god more than to have knee any person or any entity that believes it is he substitute for god. The United States comboft is not a substitute for god. Without god on blessing as our founders made repeatedly made clear, we wouldnt have even the freedom we have today. On july 5, a steer i haveic article and it is absolutely worth every republican taking note of it. I would encourage any colleagues to take not of it. They cannot participate in the repeal of obamacare because they state the majority future socialism on this bill. Says, in early 2016, Congress Passed a law that would have repealed most of january obamacare. It would be Obamacare Repeal act. 240 years earlier, copping declared to a candid world of the present sipping of great brit april is repeated injuries all having the establishment of tyranny of tier hese states. They said this. He, talking about the king has erected a multitude of new offes nd swarms of officers to harrass our people and eat out tear substance, unquote. Quote, we therefore, the representatives of the United States of america and germ Congress Assembled appealing to the speem judge of the world, thats not the government, that is appealing to the supreme judge of the world for the recktitude of our intengs and by authority of the good people of these colonies sole emily and declare that these colonies ought to be free and independent states and in support of this declaration with a firm declaration, we mutually pledge o each others, our loives, and in july 2017, congress acknowledged the quote, swarms of officers harassing our good people under the guides of obamacare and reenact the 2016 Obamacare Repeal act. E revenueraising action keeping in mind that obamacare originated in 2009 as the quote senate Health Care Bill and the nstitution provision shall originate in the house of representatives. Rticle 1, section 7, clause 1. And and he goes on for quite some time to cite all the different s. E. C. S in obamacare that are actually actually make it a revenueraising bill. Section 204 has the individual mandate. Mandating people have to pay money and buy something. Section 205, an employer mandate, mandating that they must pay a massive tax, like for dividual, or pay insurance. By a buy a product. For the first time in american history, citizenses are required to citizens are required to buy a product. Employers are ordered to buy a product. Section 206, federal payments to the states. Section 209, repeal of the tax on Employee Health insurance premiums and health plan benefits. Section 210, repeal of the tax on the overthecounter medicationses. Medications. Im sorry. These are the names of the sections in the house bill. Those were not in obamacare. These are the provisions in the house bill that would repeal all these taxes, as chief Justice Roberts called them. So these are all good sections, is what joe smits is pointing out. Individual mandate, employer mandate, getting rid of those. Federal payments to states. Just taking out a repeal of the tax of employee yeah. So there we go. Its eliminating so much of the taxes on individuals, repeal of the tax on the overthecounter medications. This was a democrat without a single republican vote, passed this legislation, obamacare, the a. C. A. They put a tax on overthecounter medications. They put a tax on Employee Health insurance premiums. And a tax on health plan benefits. And they put a tax on health avings accounts. Theyd already paid money on that that went in there. So the republican bill that president obama vetoed, it would repeal limitations on contributions to flexible spending accounts. You can put as much as you want in there. It would repeal the tax on Prescription Medications. On acare actually put a tax your precious Prescription Medications that are saving peoples lives. And anybody that would have the golf ball after voting for gall after voting for all these taxes, put on the backs of poor people that cant even hardly afford the prescriptions as they are, and, yes, they have been skyrocketing under obamacare. And to say that republicans are trying to harm people and dishonor god. For heavens sakes, read your own bill. Ut a tax on medical devices. Senior citizens that had to have help moving or walking, you have to pay a tax on that. We dont care, if you cant afford the tax and you cant move around anymore. Were the government. Obamacare e a. C. A. That put that tax in place. Another Health Insurance tax in the bill. Tanned eliminated the deduction for and it eliminated the deduck for expenses deductions for expenseses alcabble for Medicare Part d subsidies. It put applicable for Medicare Part d subsidies. It placed a tax called a chronic care tax, that was a medicare tax increase. There was a tanning tax. There was a net investment tax. All kinds of taxes in obamacare. They hammered the American People. We were promised president obama stood right there and promised, no money would pay for abortions. Under his Health Care Bill. Under that Health Care Bill. They were going to pass. Thats what he said. He said, no people illegally in the United States were going to get their health care on the backs of people in america legally. And both of those were not true. Turns out joe wilson was prescient. Its time to wake up. We were sent back into the majority because obamacare was passed and were going to be sent back in the minority appropriately if we dont repeal it. President trump has made clear in his last in a recent tweet, look, you guys cant pass the replacement now, at least pass the repeal. Then we can start moving together on a replacement. Surely the democrats will want to come and not be so obstructionists once their prescient their precious obamacare has been struck down. Then maybe theyll actually work with us to create a better system. But its time to wake up. Its time to repeal obamacare. Now, i want to touch on you are with other subject, mr. Speaker on one other subject, mr. Speaker. Thats involving all this mess, llegations about russia. It was not donald j. Trump, nor y republican, who told the russians, russian leaders, actually, ill have a lot more flexibility after the election. That can only mean one thing. Im going to give away a lot more of americas strength, helping you out in russia. As youre trying to get stronger, im going to give away a lot more of our strength , maybe our edge over your military, im willing to i have more ability to give that away after im elected to a second term. Tell vladimir. It was not a republican, certainly not anyone associated with donald trump, that went to russia with a reset, supposed reset button, couldnt get the translation right, but wanting to reset the relationship. And for those who didnt follow history well back then, the reason there was a strain in the relationship between the United States and russia was because george w. Bush as president of the United States stood on principle and when the ountry of russia, under putin, attacked georgia, president bush appropriately was outraged. And he pushed for sanctions to let russia know that the United States does not approve of russia attacking sovereign countries. So the message that president obama and Hillary Clinton wanted to get across to putin and the russians was, with a wink and lots of pats and happy george w. We know bush as president , we think overreacted when you attacked georgia. You know. So we want to let you know, we want to reset we want a resut but the reset button, because under president obama and me, Hillary Clinton, were not going to overreact when you attack neighboring sovereign countries. Were ok with that, you see. We want things reset. Were not going to get upset like bush did when you attack a neighboring country. Thats the message that came to ss very loud and clear utin and those around him. I like to think i learned during my summer as an Exchange Student in the soviet union a little bit about the way a lot of russians think. I get surprised when people say, its so hard to read putin. No its not. Man was part of the k. G. B. He wants the glory days of the Old Soviet Union back. Even though they were built on a skeleton that could never maintain the weight that such a socialist country was putting on that frame. So, then we find out here, this was back in january, january 11, 2017. An article in politico of all places, surprise, surprise, by kenneth p. Vogel and david stern. It says, Ukrainian Government officials tried to help Hillary Clinton and undermine trump by publicly questioning his fitness for office. They also disseminated documents implicating a top trump aide in corruption and suggested they were investigating the matter, only to back away after the election. And they helped clintons allies research damaging information on trump and his advisors, a politico investigation found. A ukrainian american operative, who was consulting for the Democratic National committee, met with top officials in the Ukrainian Embassy in washington in an effort to expose ties between trump top Campaign AidePaul Manafort and russia, according to people with direct knowledge of the situation. This is politico reporting of the collusion between Hillary Clinton, her campaign, and the country of ukraine to stop and defeat trump. Now, where has the politico reporting on this issue been since january . I appreciate them pointing this out back in january. But apparently that the point, back in january, politico had not yet gotten the word from their friends on the democratic side of the aisle that, hey, hey, kind of soft peddle that pedal that stuff where we colluded with the ukrainians to take trump out, because were going to make that a big allegation about trump and the russians. So, kind of back off that. Lets take the spotlight off that one. But the article goes on and says, the ukrainian efforts had an impact in the race. Helping to force manaforts resignation and advancing the narrative that trump the Trump Campaign was deeply connected to ukraine yass vote to the east russia. But they were far less converted concerted or centrally connected than russias hack of democratic emails. So they go on and try to do what they can to help salvage some respect for the democrats here. T theres a little effort theres little evidence of such a topdown effort by ukraine. But the fact is, ukraine did collude with Hillary Clintons campaign and they were successful in helping the Trump Campaign. Manafort had to be fired and they still are trying to create clouds surrounding that. Anyway, how about that. Well, it leads to one conclusion. And that is that its part of he evidence that we have got to have an independent counsel. And i dont mean robert mueller. Im talking about an independent counsel. Not one thats boss om buddies with bossom buddys with comey, and not one that cant stand trump. And not one thats going to run out and not hire any republicans for his staff that love trump, but just hire people that cant stand him, and wanted hillary elected. This is a guy thats been vindictive, who has work losely with comey in the past. And he is in no position whatsoever to judge anything about james comey. At u go back and look hats required under 28 c. F. R. 45. 2, it provides that a department of justice attorney should not participate in investigations that may involve entities or individuals with whom the attorney has a political or personal relationship. Mueller and comey are buddieses. Buddies. They have closely consulted on so many things. Fork, this story from june for example, this story from june 7 by josh siegel says former f. B. I. Director jim comey, quote, closely coordinated with special Counsel Robert Mueller before his planned testimony, before the Senate Intelligence committee, about his interactions with President Trump. Fox news reported a source close to comey said that the former f. B. I. Director consulted with mueller about how to approach thursdays Senate Intelligence committee hearing. Department of justice appointed mueller special counsel to lead the investigation of russias involvement in the 2016 election, and any possible collusion with the Trump Campaign. Mueller and comey were longtime colleagues at the Justice Department and legal experts say it would not be unusual for a special counsel to be in contact with somebody who is a party to its investigation. Mueller and comey were longtime colleagues at the Justice Department. Well, anyway. There needs to be an independent counsel who will investigate the goings on between robert mueller, james comey, with the recent revelations about comeys very apparent release, lassified information. Been mueller is not in a and a n to judge him great piece of evidence that Robert Muller is not fit to be special counsel investigating this