The GOP’s replacement for ObamaCare will be shorter and more direct in its language, the chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee said Wednesday.

“One big thing, I think people are assuming Republicans will act like Democrats with a 2,000-page bill that no one knows what’s in it,” Rep. Kevin Brady Kevin Patrick BradyBusinesses, states pass on Trump payroll tax deferral Trump order on drug prices faces long road to finish line On The Money: US deficit hits trillion amid pandemic | McConnell: Chance for relief deal 'doesn't look that good' | House employees won't have payroll taxes deferred MORE (R-Tex.) told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. “We’re doing just the opposite. Our replacement is going to be step-by-step, thoughtful and understandable.”

ObamaCare has long been criticized by conservatives as unnecessarily complicated and difficult to understand. But while Republicans have vowed a quick repeal of President Obama’s landmark healthcare law, their plan to replace it isn’t yet clear.

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Speaker Paul Ryan Paul Davis RyanAt indoor rally, Pence says election runs through Wisconsin Juan Williams: Breaking down the debates Peterson faces fight of his career in deep-red Minnesota district MORE (R-Wisc.) and President-elect Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE have urged Congress to pass a new law quickly after ObamaCare is repealed. On Tuesday, Trump said he'd expect a replacement plan within "weeks" of repeal.

Brady said the legislation repealing ObamaCare will be sent to the White House sometime in February.