Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) issued a statement following his vote Friday in favor of repealing the Affordable Care Act in what was the latest Republican-led effort to end the new health care law that failed in the Senate.
Rubio said in the statement that full repeal remains the GOP’s “ultimate goal,” but said he’s pleased that 34 Democrats joined all Republican senators on Thursday to repeal the health care law’s sales tax on medical devices.
“One of the first votes I took when I arrived in Washington was to repeal ObamaCare, and today I voted again for its repeal because I firmly believe we need to get rid of this disastrous law. Leaving it in place will only leave job creators with uncertainty, patients with fewer health care options, and taxpayers with explosive taxes and costs.
“While ObamaCare’s full repeal remains our ultimate goal, last night I was encouraged that even most Democrats agreed that we should dismantle part of this job-killing law by repealing its tax on medical devices. By removing this burdensome ObamaCare tax, we will be one step closer to saving Americans billions of dollars and valuable jobs, and again expose this law for the flawed program it is.”
