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Martha Roby to Bright: You Can’t Have it Both Ways on Health Care

(MONTGOMERY, AL) – Over the last week as more details about the massive ObamaCare health care bill emerge, a swift reaction against the legislation has come from all corners of the country. From Congress, where even some Democrat members have called for its repeal, to 14 states attorneys general signing on to a lawsuit against the Obama Administration, conservatives across the country have fought to stop this destructive health care bill.
 
Martha Roby pledged to repeal the government takeover of health care in January, the first candidate in the race to do so. She has also signed on to a letter sponsored by the Alabama Eagle Forum expressing support for the Alabama Health Care Freedom Act, a bill in the Alabama Legislature that would prohibit a federal health care mandate.

“It’s important that we continue to fight against ObamaCare at every opportunity,” said Roby. “The stakes are too high to sit back, while jobs are killed, taxes increased, and health care costs continue to rise.”

However, Congressman Bobby Bright has stated that he opposes repealing the health care bill or challenging it in court, calling those actions “premature.”

“Bobby Bright is just plain wrong,” said Roby.  “You can’t say you’re against the health care bill and then say you support letting it become law. That’s like saying you’re a conservative and then voting to elect the most liberal Speaker of House in American history.  Allowing President Obama and Speaker Pelosi’s job-killing package of Medicare cuts, tax hikes, abortion funding and budget-busting government handouts go into effect is not what the people of Alabama want.”

“We need to elect more conservatives to Congress to stop this and other destructive legislation,” said Roby. “We can only imagine what else Speaker Pelosi has in store for us if she continues to advance her liberal agenda. I can guarantee you my first vote will be to take away the Speaker’s gavel from her. You can count on that.”

BACKGROUND

Bobby Bright wants to let the Obama/Pelosi health care takeover become law, calling the fight to stop it “premature”:

“While Rep. Bobby Bright, D-Montgomery voted against the bill he said he is hesitant to jump on board with a full-scale appeal. ‘While I strongly disagree with many aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and voted against the bill, I believe it’s premature to discuss repealing a bill that was just passed and has yet to be signed into law by the President,’ he said. ‘A wholesale repeal, or legal challenge, of the bill ignores the fact that this legislation contains some good parts, many of which will go into effect soon.’”

SOURCE: Ryan Charles, “State may join in lawsuit over health care bill,” Troy Messenger, 3/22/10

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