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Agreement, Objections and concerns by the minority party:
Committee on Armed Services

Republicans -- Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, Ranking Member

Encourages White House and House Democrats to Demand Senate Action on H.R. 4887

Washington, D.C.—Following the revelation that the final health care legislation being rushed through Congress by President Obama and Congressional Democrats might force military personnel to either buy new health insurance or pay a penalty, Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) today joined the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee in supporting legislation which states explicitly that Department of Defense health care coverage meets the threshold for minimal essential coverage.

McKeon—during his speech on the House floor—applauded Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Missouri) for addressing the concerns of many in the Republican Conference, but he criticized Congressional Democrats for not fixing the underlying health care legislation. During his remarks, he pointed out that Democrat leaders in the Senate have not given any assurances that they will consider and pass H.R. 4887.

Link to full text of announcement found here:

http://republicans.armedservices.house.gov/News/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=952
　
Video of Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) announcing his support and stating his concerns:
　
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H0r6lE89h8

The Full House Discussion is here and to me worth watching as it also includes statements by house democrats that are concerned about the issue.
　
You can watch the full house discussion below by going to the link provided for c-span video posted below. Go to the transcript provided near the center of that page. The transcript plays the video by segment or completly through. A scroll function is provided there on the transcript that will allow you to scroll to time location, a mouse click will play the video from the beginning of the segement to the vote on H.R. 4887.

02:44:09 MR. LEVIN MR. SPEAKER, UNDER H.R. 3590, AS PASSED BY THE SENATE, INDIVIDUALS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING.

Discussion goes through to the vote....

0412 THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE ON THIS VOTE THE YEAS ARE 403. THE NAYS ARE ZERO. 2/3 HAVING RESPONDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THE RULES

The House goes on with the next order of business until a parliamentary inquiry is made which is worth listening to.

Important parliamentary inquiry begins a few segments after the vote at:

0443 -THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN

Runs through

0407- THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE MEMBERS MAY CONSULT THE RELEVANT LEGISLATIVE TEXT AND COME TO THEIR OWN CONCLSIONS

The rest of video concerns subject matter other than Tricare and Tricare for Life.

Video and transcript link here:

　
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292628-101

This doesn't mean we are out of the woods. Not even close.

Stay tuned.