Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, that is exactly right, and I see that in my district. I have a large rural district in California. And, even today, there are areas where it is difficult to find a physician to get medical services. This is one of the things, as you so correctly pointed out, the Affordable Care Act had a part of that. One of the titles dealt with the education of medical personnel. And so what we have seen, at least in California--and I suspect across America--with the Affordable Care Act in place, we are seeing that one of the fastest growing areas for new jobs is the healthcare sector because we are adding a lot of people--we need more--and then the educational programs that you talked about, which comes under the jurisdiction, I believe, of your committee. That is an important part. One of the things that I hope the American public comes to understand is this is not just a sound bite that was used in a political campaign. We are going to repeal the ObamaCare and we are going to replace it is a nice sound bite. But we are talking about the lives of Americans, we are talking about their health, their ability to stay healthy, their ability to get medical services. When you start tinkering with something that is so personal--that is what people say in my district: This is about my ability to stay healthy, my ability to get medical care. That is what I hear. They are saying they are frightened.…”