I Join Kentucky Representative, Jeff Hoover, In Calling Upon Attorney General, Jack Conway, To Challenge Health Care Legislation When Passed.

Representative Hoover Calls Upon Attorney General To Challenge Health Care Legislation

Earlier this afternoon, I sent a letter to Attorney General Jack Conway calling upon him to join in a lawsuit related to the federal healthcare legislation. All 35 members of the House Republican Caucus signed on to this letter. Below you will find a press release related to the issue.

Jeff Hoover
House Republican Floor Leader

Representative Hoover Calls Upon Attorney General
To Challenge Health Care Legislation

Frankfort, KY- House Republican Floor Leader Jeff Hoover has urged Attorney General Jack Conway to join more than a dozen of his colleagues in challenging the constitutionality of the health care reform legislation now pending in Washington D.C.
In a letter hand delivered to General Conway signed by all 35 members of the House Republican Caucus, Representative Hoover cites not only the dramatically increased financial burden this bill would levy against Kentuckians, but also questions the “sweetheart” deals that were conspicuously added to garner support from certain Senators, most notably Nebraska and Louisiana.
“At a time when our Commonwealth and our citizens are fighting a battle against a $1 billion budget deficit and an 11 percent unemployment rate, the last thing we need is more financial hardship while other states won’t carry that same burden,” stated Representative Hoover
Last month, a group of Attorneys General across the nation took part in a conference call to discuss the possibility of filing a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the national health care bill, which hinges upon the vote of Senator Ben Nelson from Nebraska. In exchange for his vote of approval, Nebraska would receive approximately $100 million in new Medicaid expense exemptions indefinitely. This gift would force the other states to cover the price paid for vote buying.
Representative Hoover added, “What has taken place is unacceptable. Our Medicaid recipients should not face the prospect of losing their benefits nor should our limited resources for health care be diminished at the expense of paying for political favors beneficial to other states. Our caucus is unanimous in calling upon General Conway to recognize these actions violate the United States Constitution and encourages him to join his fellow Attorneys General in filing suit if this corrupt legislation is approved and signed by the President.”