Political Quotes

“If Congress wants to remove fraud and abuse from the healthcare system, it can start by overturning this bill. The Congressional Budget Office released an updated analysis of H.R. 4872. According to the Congressional Budget Office, this bill will cost taxpayers $1 trillion. The analysis also confirmed that this bill will raise healthcare premiums $2,100 more a year for millions of families than if Speaker Pelosi had left healthcare alone. It also reaffirmed that as many as 9 million people now enrolled in employer-based plans will lose their coverage. At a time when our military men and women are fighting terrorists around the world, the national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars urged Congress to vote the bill down because it does not protect veteran healthcare plans. At a time when unemployment has hit a record 11.6 percent in Ventura County and 10.4 percent in Santa Barbara County, Speaker Pelosi's bill adds $569.2 billion of additional taxes onto the backs of American families and $52 billion on struggling employers. It hurts seniors with $200 billion in cuts to Medicare Advantage and raids Medicare and Social Security to fund the new mandate and hide the true cost of the bill. This bill must be overturned before the bulk of its provisions take effect in 2014. I support real reform that reduces premiums, reduces government spending and protects the doctor-patient relationship.”