
Entry 038Nov 2, 2009
“I believe we have more to fear from the potential of that bill passing than we do from any terrorist right now in any country.”38
38Virginia Foxx, U.S. Representative (NC-5), House floor, November 2, 2009. Source
Why it’s on the record. The ACA became law in 2010. By 2016 the Census Bureau found the uninsured rate had fallen to 8.8 percent (28.1 million people). Foxx went on to chair the House Education and Workforce Committee, and the law is still in force.
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On the record
Special-order speech against the House health care bill, days before the vote.
- Said by
- Virginia Foxx, U.S. Representative (NC-5)
- Where
- House floor
- When
- Nov 2, 2009
- Source
- House floor, November 2, 2009