Political Quotes

“The previous speaker in this debate said that we don't know how many times there was a breach of security on the health care Web site. Well, we do know how many breaches of security there were, how many successful attacks there were--zero. There have been no successful breaches of healthcare.gov. Mr. Speaker, since October 1, more than 6 million Americans have signed up for health insurance--6 million. Four million are enrolled in Medicaid, 2 million in private coverage. Any way you look at it, that is good news. Now Republicans seem eager to find some bad news. They want to keep talking about Web site problems and stir up phony fears that personal information is not secure on this site. They are looking for the bad news because the facts are against them. Republicans said the Affordable Care Act would kill jobs. We hear it over and over again--kill jobs. Since the law was passed, we have added nearly 8 million jobs. Republicans said this law would cause health care costs to skyrocket, but we have had 4 straight years of the slowest health care cost growth in 50 years. Republicans said the ACA would explode the deficit, but repealing the law, which they have tried to do over 40 times on the floor, would increase the deficit by over $1.5 trillion. So, today, House Republicans are resorting to scare tactics. They are bringing up a poorly thought-out bill based on the false premise that healthcare.gov is not secure.…”