Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Pa., announced Wednesday that he will now support the American Health Care Act following a Tuesday night meeting with President Trump and Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis.
Barletta told reporters at the Capitol that he flipped after Trump and Ryan agreed to bring legislation to the House floor by late April that would verify Social Security statistics before tax credits are awarded to illegal immigrants.
“He’s doing a hell of a job,” Barletta said of Trump. “It didn’t take much — he got me in 15 minutes and he agreed to meet my concern, and I think he’s doing a good job to get this as close as it is to because I don’t think it would be without him.”
The meeting took place before the National Republican Congressional Committee dinner Tuesday night.
Barletta, who was a staunch supporter of Trump’s presidential campaign, had told the Washington Examiner Monday that he was against the bill, which is set to get a vote Thursday.
