Tuesday , May 14 2024

How Did Valley Representatives Vote On AHCA?

Local Republicans played a big role in today’s passage American Health Care Act in the U.S. House Representatives. During a victory press conference in the White House Rose Garden, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield said repealing the Affordable Care Act will be a positive for the American people. McCarthy: “I did not run to this office to this office to promote a party. I ran to this office to make this country better. It would be easy to say ‘no’. It would be easy to watch it collapse. But I can’t look at this families. I don’t think that’s right.” All valley House Republicans voted for the bill, including Hanford Representative David Valadao, who just one day ago told Valley Public Radio ago he was on the fence. He represents a district where Democrats hold a registration edge, and which is home to roughly 400,000 Medi-Cal enrollees. In a written statement today Valadao blamed Obamacare for a lack of medical providers in the valley, and said the new law would help
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