WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2 – legislation to repeal the job-destroying health care bill. This bill passed by a vote of 245-189.

U.S. Congressman Phil Roe, M.D. (TN-01) made the following statement on H.R. 2:

Standing by our commitment to create jobs and pass meaningful health care reform, I am pleased the House passed legislation to repeal Obamacare. By passing this legislation immediately, this Congress is sending the message to the American people that we are not in favor of inserting Washington bureaucrats into a patient's relationship with his doctor; that we are not in favor of increasing the cost of health insurance; that we are not in favor of weakening Medicare to create a new entitlement; and that, at a time of record unemployment, we are not in favor of legislation that will eliminate jobs.

In medicine, there's no such thing as a Republican disease or a Democratic disease - there's just disease. Likewise, good ideas on health care reform shouldn't be defined by a party but by meeting a series of principles for reform.

Through an open and transparent process, we must replace Obamacare with a health care bill that will work to control costs and that is built upon the principle that when individuals are given control and ownership, we will achieve better access to coverage and see the entire system move in a positive, patient-centered direction.

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