Renee Ellmers

Mrs. ELLMERS

Mrs. ELLMERS. Madam Speaker, when I ran for Congress, I vowed to repeal ObamaCare, and with one of my first votes in the 112th Congress, I will do so. As a nurse for 20 years, co-owner of a wound care clinic, and in practice with my husband in his general surgery practice, we know the problems that exist for Americans in health care. Instead of being a remedy to these problems, ObamaCare has already done more harm than good to both the quality of health care in our country as well as our economy. As a nurse, I look for pathways to solutions; this is a problematic pathway undoubtably. In the face of rising unemployment, unsustainable Federal deficits, and overwhelming public opposition, it took more than a year to cobble together an unpopular government takeover of health care so riddled with provisions that violate right-to-life principles and support government rationing of care that it cannot simply be patched. ObamaCare is bad for workers. It's bad for employers and bad for America.

Mrs. ELLMERS

Mrs. ELLMERS. ``Or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support to the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House remove such disability.''

Mrs. ELLMERS

Mrs. ELLMERS. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 3, had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.''