WASHINGTON D.C. — Plans of change, namely to repeal “Obamacare,” were announced during Speaker John Boehner’s first press conference since he was sworn in Wednesday.
It was less than an hour after his entourage of supporters from Ohio left for home, and Boehner, R-West Chester Twp., had already hit the ground running.
Changes in the House, he said, were underway, and one of the first orders of business was reading the Constitution of the United States on the House floor for the first time in history.
“Gone are the days when the Constitution is ignored,” he said.
Boehner highlighted problems in Congress, like pushing bills directly from the speaker’s office to the floor, and said he would have those bills online for three days for review before taking a vote. He also said he would be cutting spending back to where it was in 2008, and would meet this commitment in this calendar year.
“In fact, we’re uprooting the whole culture of our Congress,” he said. “...In short, we believe to fix our economy, we need to fix our Congress. We’re going to make tough choices instead of avoiding them.”
He handed out a 19-page report titled, “Obamacare: A budget-busting, job-killing health care law.” He said “Obamacare” already is destroying jobs in America and “will ruin the best healthcare system in the world. It will bankrupt our economy.”
“The American people have said there’s too much spending. I would hope our friends at the Senate and at the White House have heard the message.”
His speech was followed by a brief statement from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va. before taking just a handful of questions.
The nearly 50 members of the press grilled Boehner on his plans, and after defending his stance, he cut off further questions and briskly left the room.
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