Kevin Roberts: “I come to the floor today to discuss ObamaCare provisions that should be keeping my colleagues and all Americans up at…”

“I come to the floor today to discuss ObamaCare provisions that should be keeping my colleagues and all Americans up at night. Obviously, my views are very different from my colleagues who have just propounded their views on the same subject. Unfortunately, since the implementation of ObamaCare began, the stories and reports have only confirmed the many warnings that I and many of my colleagues made during the debate. Most of the stories Kansans tell me now involve many hundreds of dollars in increases in monthly premiums or people simply losing their coverage. These are real stories from real Kansans, and they are not lies. Compounding the problem, this administration has made it a routine practice to do what we call a regulations dump on Friday. This is a deliberate posting of sometimes thousands of pages of regulations during the time when the American public and the press is least likely to be paying attention. Most recent reports from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services--what we call CMS--are that millions of small businesses will face increased premium rates under ObamaCare. The President promised to make it easier for small businesses to offer coverage and, lo and behold, it may even become impossible for them to do so. Then there are the cuts our seniors are about to face to their Medicare plans. We can't forget that the President pilfered--that is a good word, pilfered--$1 trillion from Medicare to pay for ObamaCare.…”