Political Quotes

“Madam Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill, add the following (and make such technical and conforming changes as may be appropriate): TITLE III--RESTORING THE APPLICATION OF ANTITRUST LAWS TO HEALTH SECTOR INSURERS SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the ``Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act of 2012''. SEC. 302. APPLICATION OF THE ANTITRUST LAWS TO THE BUSINESS OF HEALTH INSURANCE. (a) Amendment to McCarran-Ferguson Act.--Section 3 of the Act of March 9, 1945 (15 U.S.C. 1013), commonly known as the McCarran-Ferguson Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(c) Nothing contained in this Act shall modify, impair, or supersede the operation of any of the antitrust laws with respect to the business of health insurance. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term `antitrust laws' has the meaning given it in subsection (a) of the first section of the Clayton Act, except that such term includes section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act to the extent that such section 5 applies to unfair methods of competition.…”