Representative James Lankford (R-OK) yesterday applauded the passage of H.R. 6079, the Repeal of Obamacare Act.  In a vote of 244-185, the House voted to repeal the 2010 law in its entirety.  
 
“I have consistently vowed to do everything I could to dismantle this ill-advised, bureaucrat-centered law,” said Representative Lankford. “A healthcare system where patients and doctors are separated by a cumbersome federal middleman is not a sustainable, effective or efficient way for Americans to meet their healthcare needs. The law has resulted in decreased hiring because of the mandate cost. Small businesses will re-evaluate employment statuses to avoid the regulations, and Health and Human Services will violate basic religious liberties as a result of this law.” 

A recent poll of doctors across the country found that 83% of physicians have considered closing their practices after the Supreme Court’s decision in favor of the President’s healthcare law. The report also concluded that by 2020, the U.S. will have a shortage of about 90,000 doctors due to provisions of the Affordable Care Act.[1] 

“The more Americans learn about the law, the more they do not like the law,” observed Lankford. 

“A bad law is now becoming bad policy, if Congress does not step in and act. Let’s learn from the mistakes of the hasty passage of the President’s healthcare bill in 2010 and move forward with a better option. The President’s seemingly endless list of healthcare ‘give-aways’ released before the election will all come due in early 2013 and 2014 as twenty additional taxes kick in for many Americans, including the middle class. 

“Now that the Supreme Court has confirmed the law as a tax, I hope that Senate Majority Leader Reid and Senate Democrats will reconsider our repeal legislation and give patients throughout the U.S. an opportunity to get the care they deserve without the bureaucracy and added national debt they never asked for,” he continued. 

“However, since the House has voted now more than 30 times to dismantle, defund or repeal the law in whole or in part, I am not optimistic that Democrat Leader Reid has any intention of fixing this broken law,” Lankford concluded.

Tuesday, Rep. Lankford participated in a House Committee on Government Reform hearing on the impact of the President’s healthcare law on job creators and the economy. A link to the video of Rep. Lankford’s remarks during the hearing can be found here. 

[1] Dougherty, Jon E. “Poll: 83 Percent of Physicians Have Considered Ending Practice Over Obamacare.” Available online: http://www.newsroomamerica.com/story/260966.html. 9 July 2012. 

The Media Research Center’s Dan Gainor and Iris Somberg have crafted an extensive and well researched piece on President Obama’s most prominent  supporter, the Liberal billionaire trying to give U.S. a liberal society it can’t refuse.

Say the name George Soros and liberals see dollar signs – literally.
The world’s 22nd richest man, according to Forbes, is now worth $20
billion. But Soros isn’t just noteworthy for the money he has – he’s
notable for the money he has given away. Since launching his Open
Society Foundations in 1984, Soros has donated more than $8 billion to
charities around the world. 

But instead of gaining a mighty reputation for his philanthropy, or his investment prowess, Soros is reviled abroad and criticized here in his adopted country. Most everywhere Soros, his foundations or his investing have gone, trouble has followed. He’s helped foment revolutions, undermined national currencies and funded radicals around the world. Soros has been convicted of insider dealing in France and fined $3 million, fined another $2 million in his native Hungary. His “foundations have been accused of shielding spies and breaking currency laws” and his investing strategy has been targeted for harming several national currencies.

Even his support for higher education raises huge red flags. Soros has contributed more than $400 million to colleges and universities, including money to most prominent institutions in the United States. He also helped establish Central European University which, in turn, uses its resources to promote his personal goal of an “open society.”

Here in the United States, Soros money provides the foundation for liberal organizations promoting everything from gay marriage and drug legalization to anti-death penalty strategies. While his charitable giving goes to liberal organizations with close ties to the Democratic Party, his political giving goes almost entirely to Democrats.

That’s not the story the broadcast networks have been telling about Soros for the past five years. There were 29 mentions of Soros during that time but only one gave any hint at trouble, and that was merely to mention he was “still known as the man who broke the Bank of England.” But ABC followed it up with: “That was all legal.” Only a sex scandal with a 28-year-old Brazilian actress gave Soros any negative publicity at all.

Soros Indoctrinates Students Around the World

Left-wing donor George Soros spent more than $400 million world-wide to indoctrinate students and teach them to promote liberal, and in some cases extremist, causes. He has even funded his own university that promotes his own unique philosophy of open society. His reach and influence far surpasses that of the Koch brothers, who have been vilified by the left and the media for their grants to universities.

While the left shrivels at the thought of the Koch brother’s donations to universities, their beloved Soros gave more than 50 times as much. Central European University and Bard College received the most from Soros. One professor at CEU praised the Occupy movement combining environmentalism, feminism, the labor movement, and social justice. Grants to Bard College for “community service and social action” included a Palestinian youth group and an initiative to educate prisoners across the country. To top it off, all of the Ivy League universities, along with a variety of state schools, private institutions, and even religiously-affiliated institutions, were also funded by Soros.

Click here for the full report from the Media Research Center.