Mr. Chairman. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman. I do rise in the strongest possible opposition to this amendment. It is antipublic health. It undermines current law. and it deserves to be defeated. just as it was defeated last year. Hospitals and trauma care facilities are required by Federal law to treat anyone who comes into an emergency room. including undocumented immigrants. If hospitals are not reimbursed for this treatment. their very existence is in danger. That threatens the health of everyone. Yet that is exactly what this amendment would do. It would deny reimbursement to hospitals for care that the government requires them to provide.
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