Political Quotes

“Madam President, yesterday I spoke on one of the reasons for the repeal of this legislation; that is to say, the support for the amendment to repeal the health care legislation that is pending before us. Today I wish to speak about a couple other reasons to support that amendment. One of the things that was said in the campaign to pass the health care bill was that those who liked their current health care would be able to keep it. But as we know now and as we pointed out prior to the bill's passage, provisions in the law would cause many Americans and will cause many Americans to lose their coverage. That is why the administration is now giving out waivers for some of the bill's most burdensome provisions. I wish to speak for a moment about these waivers the administration has granted and the problems that the waivers reveal with the bill as a whole. So far, the administration has granted 729 waivers. All of these are temporary. They protect companies and labor unions from one of the bill's most onerous mandates--the phasing out of annual caps on costs paid by insurers. Another four waivers were granted to States applying on behalf of insurers. According to the administration, waivers may be granted if the applicant can show that a ``large increase in premiums'' or a ``significant decrease in access to coverage'' would occur absent a waiver. So far, the waivers cover 2,283,106 people.…”