Washington, DC — Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady, (R-TX) released the following statement on the House’s veto override vote on the Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act. This bill, which includes ObamaCare repeal language from the Ways and Means Committee that Brady leads, stops funding for abortion providers including the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and repeals the key pillars of the President’s healthcare law.
“We will continue to fight a President who has chosen to stand on the wrong side of history. This country has lost 58 million children to abortion since 1973, it’s time to end this government funded war on the unborn.
What our country needs is a health-care system that delivers choice and access to affordable care, not one that drives up costs and funnels money to Planned Parenthood.”
Background: A bill or joint resolution that has been vetoed by the President can become law if two-thirds of the Members voting in the House and the Senate each agree to pass it over the President’s objection. The chambers act sequentially on vetoed measures: The House acts first on House-originated measures (H.R. and H.J. Res.), and the Senate acts first on Senate-originated measures (S. and S.J. Res.). If the first-acting chamber fails to override the veto, the other chamber cannot consider it.
