Drive to Stop the ObamaCare Train Wreck Continues - Time for President to Fire Sec. Sebelius
“President Obama’s health care website is not a glitch. It is a $500+ million national embarrassment, and top agency officials should be held accountable for this failure that has been three years in the making. . . . President Obama’s signature health care law is clearly not ready for prime time, and it’s time for him to stop re-packaging this failed product and start working with us to end this train wreck before even more taxpayer money is wasted.” ~ Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), Republican Study Committee Chairman
While Congress may not be in session, House Committees continue their work.
Speaker's Update:
This Thursday, 10/24, the House Energy & Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on the president’s health care law, which is driving up costs, threatening jobs, kicking Americans out of plans they like – and whose rollout has been a disaster:
“Our drive to stop the train wreck that is the president's health care law will continue,” said Speaker Boehner. “We will rely on aggressive oversight that highlights the law's massive flaws and smart, targeted strikes that split the legislative coalition the president has relied upon to force his health care law on the American people.”
In addition, Speaker John Boehner today issued the following statements.
With President Obama Offering No Answers, Sec. Sebelius Must Testify in House
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) released the following statement in response to the president’s remarks on Obamacare in the Rose Garden today and reiterated his call for HHS Secretary Sebelius to appear at Thursday’s oversight hearing at the House Energy & Commerce Committee.“If the president is frustrated by the mounting failures of his health care law, it wasn’t apparent today. Americans are looking for accountability, but what the president offered today was little more than self-congratulation. Instead of answers, we got well-worn talking points. Instead of explanations, we got excuses. Either the president doesn’t grasp the scale of the law’s failures or he doesn’t believe Americans deserve straight answers.
“The president is right about one thing: his health care law is more than a website. It is Americans across the country receiving policy cancellation notices in the mail. It is higher premiums for middle class families. It is American workers losing hours, pushed into part-time jobs. And it is small businesses afraid to hire new employees. The law – inside and out – is a train wreck that needs to be stopped.
“Americans didn’t get any answers from the president today, but the House’s oversight of this failure is just beginning. Secretary Sebelius must change her mind and appear at this week’s hearing in the House. With more than one trillion taxpayer dollars being spent on a completely defective program, Congress is going to get to the bottom of this debacle.” Secretary Sebelius, Administration Need to Provide Answers for Obamacare Failure But Declined to Attending Thursday's House Energy and Commerce Committee Hearing
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) responded to Secretary of Health and Human Services Sebelius declining to attend the hearing:“The refusal of Secretary Sebelius to appear at this week’s hearing shows that this administration is still not prepared to be straight with the American people. Every day new questions about the president’s health care law arise, but candid explanations are nowhere to be found. This decision continues a troubling pattern of this administration seeking to avoid accountability and stonewall the public. What is more important to Secretary Sebelius than providing answers to the American people? I hope President Obama has a greater appreciation for the role of oversight and orders his Secretary to fully cooperate with all congressional inquiries.” ARRA News Service Editor's Note: - The House Republican leadership has appeared gracious in their invites to Sec. Sebelius to appear and address the fiasco with the Affordable Care Act website and the use of navigators without clearances or even non- American citizens to collect personal information.
It is time for Sec. Sebelius to be subpoenaed. No more kid gloves.
If President Obama wishes to be remembered in history with positive influence regarding his now namesake legislation, "Obamacare," he had best order Sebelius before Congress. Then after she is finished stumbling around in her testimony, he should fire and replace her with someone who will straighten out the gigantic mess that Sebelius allowed to accrue under her leadership. Sebelius will go down in history as a prime example of the "Peter Principle" - "where promotion is based on achievement, success, and merit will eventually be promoted beyond their level of ability."
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Speaker's Update:
This Thursday, 10/24, the House Energy & Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on the president’s health care law, which is driving up costs, threatening jobs, kicking Americans out of plans they like – and whose rollout has been a disaster:
- Skyrocketing Prices, Blank Screens, & Error Messages
- “HHS Secretary refuses to testify about ObamaCare's rollout”
“Our drive to stop the train wreck that is the president's health care law will continue,” said Speaker Boehner. “We will rely on aggressive oversight that highlights the law's massive flaws and smart, targeted strikes that split the legislative coalition the president has relied upon to force his health care law on the American people.”
In addition, Speaker John Boehner today issued the following statements.
With President Obama Offering No Answers, Sec. Sebelius Must Testify in House
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) released the following statement in response to the president’s remarks on Obamacare in the Rose Garden today and reiterated his call for HHS Secretary Sebelius to appear at Thursday’s oversight hearing at the House Energy & Commerce Committee.
“The president is right about one thing: his health care law is more than a website. It is Americans across the country receiving policy cancellation notices in the mail. It is higher premiums for middle class families. It is American workers losing hours, pushed into part-time jobs. And it is small businesses afraid to hire new employees. The law – inside and out – is a train wreck that needs to be stopped.
“Americans didn’t get any answers from the president today, but the House’s oversight of this failure is just beginning. Secretary Sebelius must change her mind and appear at this week’s hearing in the House. With more than one trillion taxpayer dollars being spent on a completely defective program, Congress is going to get to the bottom of this debacle.”
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) responded to Secretary of Health and Human Services Sebelius declining to attend the hearing:
It is time for Sec. Sebelius to be subpoenaed. No more kid gloves.
If President Obama wishes to be remembered in history with positive influence regarding his now namesake legislation, "Obamacare," he had best order Sebelius before Congress. Then after she is finished stumbling around in her testimony, he should fire and replace her with someone who will straighten out the gigantic mess that Sebelius allowed to accrue under her leadership. Sebelius will go down in history as a prime example of the "Peter Principle" - "where promotion is based on achievement, success, and merit will eventually be promoted beyond their level of ability."
Tags: House Committees, hearings, Obamacare, train wreck, HHS, Sec. Seibelius, Peter Principle, fire Seibelius To share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service. Thanks!
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