Political Quotes

“Madam President, we are here today, holding this debate, preparing for this vote, because our Republican friends believe a collection of myths. Some of them say they want to repeal a law that amounts to a ``government takeover'' of health care. Some of them say they want to repeal a bill that violates the Constitution. They say they want to repeal a law that will cut the benefits on which Medicare recipients depend. Others say they want to repeal a bill that will explode the deficit, or that they want to repeal the law because it will kill jobs. If such a law existed, I would want to repeal it too. Thankfully, the law Republicans describe is a fiction. The Affordable Care Act, the law Republicans want us to repeal, does not take over the health care system; it strengthens and protects our existing private health insurance system. The independent fact checkers at Politifact.com found that the law ``is, at its heart, a system that relies on private companies and the free market,'' and called the claim that government would take over the system Politifact's ``Lie of the Year.'' This bill does not violate the Constitution. Opponents claim that the individual mandate included in this bill violates the Constitution because it requires citizens to purchase insurance; under their arguments, many other programs, including Medicare, would violate the Constitution.…”