GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – As the U-S house prepares for Thursday’s vote on the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act, the question remains as to whether there’s enough Republican votes to get the legislation through.
Some G-O-P members of Congress don’t think the bill goes far enough to dismantle Obamacare.
Wisconsin’s 8th District Congressman, Mike Gallagher, isn’t sure how he’ll vote.
“Getting coverage is meaningless if you’re not getting the healthcare access and the healthcare that you actually need”
Gallagher sees last minute changes to the replacement bill as being rushed to make a deadline that might not be reasonable.
“When you’re dealing with not only one-fifth of our economy, but you’re dealing with people’s livelihoods, it’s a very complex issue”
President Trump put the heat on lawmakers to pass the plan, saying their re-election could depend on it.
It’s already been an interesting week in Washington D-C, with the revelation the FBI is investigating Russian involvement in last fall’s Presidential election, and the head of the FBI publicly saying there’s no evidence to support President Trump’s claims that former President Obama had him wire-tapped.
Mike Gallagher tells WTAQ’s Jerry Bader says all this just diverts time and energy from the legitimate issues facing the country.
“And the more time we spend talking about the President’s twitter account, the less time we are solving problems the American people elected us to solve”
And to the discredited connection of the British Government in the Trump Tower wire-tap
“I think it would be good for him in particular to reach out to our allies, the British in particular. It’s just bad to have that kind of mistrust”
Some have suggested the President should apologize for the wire-tap claims that have not been proven….but Gallagher says don’t hold your breath.
