Political Quotes

“I was here during the days when the Affordable Care Act was being debated, if you could call it that. I was here during the time when the effort of Senate Democrats was simply to keep 60 together so they could pass this bill under any circumstances. There were all kinds of promises made as to what this bill was going to do. President Obama himself, when he talked about his plan for health care, said: My plan is going to reduce your premiums by $2,500 a year. But I could go on and on. I could spend the whole afternoon talking about the promises that were made. Now it is time though to take stock and determine whether those promises were in fact kept. The people of our States tell that story. A Nebraskan from the central part of the State wrote to me recently and said this: He and his wife are losing the health insurance they have had for over 21 years. Their premiums had doubled, threatening their retirement savings. He went on to say, ``ObamaCare has ruined the lives we planned and we worked so hard for.'' So let me compare what this gentleman from Central Nebraska has seen with the promises that were made. Remember that promise the President made over and over again. Members on the Democratic side of this body made the same promise. The promise was, if you like your plan, you are going to get to keep it--and the promise that your health insurance premiums would go down. This gentleman from Central Nebraska is living proof that those promises were not kept.…”