RGA Chairman Statement on Health Care Repeal Vote

Texas Governor Rick Perry, chairman of the Republican Governors Association, issued the following statement today regarding the vote by the United States House of Representatives to repeal the federal health care takeover enacted last year:

“Today’s action by the U.S. House of Representatives is welcomed by governors and the states as a first step towards repealing the unaffordable federal health care takeover that shifted billions of dollars onto state governments while limiting governors’ ability to manage state-administered health care programs.

The United States Senate should quickly act on the people’s will to repeal Obamacare, which was reflected by last November’s election results and by today’s vote in the House.

The current law is unaffordable, unsustainable, and unworkable.  Governors remain committed to improving our nation’s health care system in a responsible, cost-effective way, but the federal government must give states the flexibility they need.”