Senator Roy Blunt's speech calling for repeal of Health Care Bill

U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) delivered his first U.S. Senate floor speech tonight regarding repealing and replacing ObamaCare in order to lower costs, spur private sector job development, and improve health care coverage for Missourians and all Americans.

Key Excerpts from Senator Blunt’s Remarks:

“Today I have the opportunity to speak on the floor of the Senate for the first time as part of the work of the Senate. I’m pleased to be here on a day that the Senate is addressing the topic of health care, because clearly it was a major topic on the mind of Missourians and all Americans last year. I support the amendment that the gentleman from Kentucky has offered that would repeal the health care bill and make us start again looking at how to make the health care system work better…

“The biggest single deterrent to job creation is uncertainty, and we’ve done great things in the last few years to create a sense of uncertainty. If you don’t know what your tax liability is going to look like, if you don’t know what your utility bill will be, if you don’t know what your health care expenses are going to be – you’re less likely to take that risk that anybody takes when they create a private sector job…

“Real, sustainable, private sector job creation doesn’t happen in an environment of uncertainty. We need to be focused on jobs that are family supporting and economic growth that includes letting American families keep more of what they earn and includes economic incentives for small businesses and employers, and encourages the government to get out of the way so that employers of all sizes can create self-sustainable private sector jobs.

“We need a government that meets the requirements of the constitution and rarely, Mr. President, do we have a chance to revisit a misguided decision… The American people are the victims of having to rush forward with a bill that wasn’t ready to become law… When employers are telling us they’re not hiring because of uncertainty created by this new law, when courts are ruling the law unconstitutional, when voters are overwhelmingly rejecting it – we need to understand why.

“Americans deserve a country where the people are bigger than the government, and this health care bill opens the door to a future where the government is bigger than the people, Mr. President. I think we should reject the law, repeal it now, and move forward with more competition, more transparency, and better health care.

“Better health at a lower cost is achievable if we do the right things. I believe that this bill does the wrong things, and the more the American people look at it, the more they’re convinced that it leads us to a future that is not the health care future that they want.

“Mr. President, I’m pleased to be able to speak on the Senate floor, I’m pleased to be able to represent Missourians here, and I yield back.”