John Barrasso Weekly Republican GOP Address On The Need To Repeal 06/30/12 VIDEO PODCAST TEXT TRANSCRIPT

Summary: John Barrasso Weekly Republican GOP Address On The Need To Repeal 06/30/12 VIDEO PODCAST TEXT TRANSCRIPT. DOWNLOAD MP3 for || PODCAST || Download Video .mpeg4 || WASHINGTON, DC – In the Weekly Republican Address, U.S. Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) calls for full repeal of Obamacare following the Supreme Court’s decision this week to uphold the President’s health law. A doctor who has practiced medicine for 25 years, Sen. Barrasso says the Court’s ruling did nothing to improve the failed health care law: “It remains unworkable, unaffordable, and very unpopular.” Sen. Barrasso says congressional Republicans are committed to repealing Obamacare and replacing it with health care reform that ensures Americans “get the care they need, from the doctor they choose, at a lower cost.” The Weekly Republican Address is available in both audio and video format and is embargoed until 6:00 a.m. ET, Saturday, June 30, 2012. FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT: “Hi. I’m Dr. John Barrasso, United States Senator for Wyoming. “The President and his allies in Congress are going to try to convince the public that the Supreme Court just gave the health care law a seal of approval. “The fact is that this is the same failed policy that won’t lower the cost of health care in America. “On Thursday, I was in the courtroom as the Supreme Court ruled that the President’s health care law is what the President claimed it was not: a new tax. “President Obama has repeatedly promised, and I quote, ‘if you're a family making less than $250,000 a year, my plan,’ he said, ‘won't raise your taxes one penny.’ “Now, all of America knows the truth. “The President's health care law hires more IRS agents to investigate you and to make sure you buy insurance—but it fails to deal with the shortage of nurses and doctors to actually take care of you. “The President’s health care tax is only one of his many broken promises related to this law. “He promised lower health care costs, but they keep going up. “He promised lower insurance premiums, but they've increased $2,400 a family over the past three years. “He promised the law would create jobs, but the Congressional Budget Office projects that 800,000 fewer people will have jobs because of this law. “He promised it wouldn’t add a dime to the deficit, but the law calls for trillions of dollars in new spending that Americans don’t want. “The President said he would protect Medicare—but instead he raided $500 billion from our seniors on Medicare—not to strengthen Medicare—but to start a whole new government program for someone else. “Even after the Supreme Court ruling was announced, the President said that if you like the insurance you have, you can keep it. “Mr. President, because of your law, many Americans have already lost the health insurance that they had and they liked. “Each broken promise proves that the Supreme Court’s ruling did absolutely nothing to improve the President's failed health care law. “It remains unworkable, unaffordable, and very unpopular. “Americans deserve better. “As a doctor who’s practiced medicine for 25 years, I know that the health care system in this country is far from perfect. It’s one of the reasons I ran for the Senate in the first place. “The goal of health care reform all along should have been to ensure that people get the care they need, from the doctor they choose, at a lower cost. “Under President Obama's health care law, they got the exact opposite—tax increases and government control. “Now we have another chance to reform our health care system and in a way that does not result in higher costs, in fewer choices, and less personal control. “There should be no doubt: Republicans in Congress will fight to repeal the President's failed health care law. “It is a law that is bad for patients, it is bad for the nurses and the doctors who care for those patients, and it's terrible for taxpayers. “In the middle of a tough economy, President Obama passed a health care law that has made our economy even