{"id":1883,"date":"2017-09-26T19:48:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T19:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/26\/tom-perez-on-delay-of-republicans-attempt-to-repeal-health-care\/"},"modified":"2017-09-26T19:48:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T19:48:00","slug":"tom-perez-on-delay-of-republicans-attempt-to-repeal-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/tom-perez-on-delay-of-republicans-attempt-to-repeal-health-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Perez on Delay of Republicans\u2019 Attempt to Repeal Health Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement after Senator McConnell announced he would not hold a vote this week on the Graham-Cassidy-Heller bill:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Health care is a right. This bill was wrong. But instead of listening to the people they represent, Donald Trump, Mike Pence, and congressional Republicans tried yet again to take health care away from millions of families. This bill should have never been proposed, let alone come close to a vote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thanks to millions of calls, emails, and letters from ordinary Americans, Republicans have been unable to accomplish their disastrous agenda. Now it&rsquo;s time for Trump and Republicans in Congress to stop playing games with people&rsquo;s lives and start working with Democrats to ensure that health care is a right for all.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>El Director Nacional del Comit&eacute; Nacional Dem&oacute;crata, Tom P&eacute;rez, realizo las siguientes declaraciones luego de que el Senador McConnell anunciara que no realizaran un voto esta semana para el proyecto Graham-Cassidy-Heller:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;La salud es un derecho. Este proyecto de ley estaba equivocado desde todo punto de vista. En vez de escuchar a quienes representan, Donald Trump, Mike Pence y los republicanos del Congreso intentaron una vez m&aacute;s quitarle el acceso a la salud a millones de familias. Este proyecto nunca debi&oacute; ser propuesto y mucho menos estar tan cerca de ser sometido a votaci&oacute;n.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Gracias a los millones de llamadas, correos electr&oacute;nicos y cartas de estadounidenses de todos los rincones del pa&iacute;s defendiendo sus derechos, los esfuerzos republicanos se han visto truncados una vez m&aacute;s. Es el momento de que Trump y los republicanos del Congreso dejen de jugar con la vida de las personas y trabajen junto a los dem&oacute;cratas para asegura que la salud sea un derecho para todos.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement after Senator McConnell announced he would not hold a vote this week on the Graham-Cassidy-Heller bill: &ldquo;Health care is a right. 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