From Attorney General Rob McKenna:

Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna issued the following statement today regarding the decision of a federal judge in Virginia that a portion of the federal health care law is unconstitutional:

“Today’s decision validates the constitutional question that 21 states have raised about the individual health insurance mandate. The Court found that Congress’s attempt to force Americans to purchase private insurance ‘exceeds the constitutional boundaries of congressional power.’ As we’ve said throughout this case, health care reform is critically important but must be done in a way that respects the constitutional rights reserved by the people to the states and themselves. Today’s decision affirms that point of view.”

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