Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlelady for her leadership. Mr. Speaker, the Affordable Care Act missed on its primary goal, addressing affordability and accessibility for the American people. Probably no one said it better than the AFL-CIO just a few weeks ago, saying that the Affordable Care Act will lead to the destruction of the 40-hour work week, and will devastate the health and well-being of their members. There was a time in America when we worked to be able to get a 40- hour work week. Now, Americans just want to have a 40-hour work week. We know there is a problem with the health care law when we're seeing fewer doctors, fewer nurses, fewer hospital beds, but yet we have the room to be able to create more IRS enforcers. This is legislation that we're reaching out to the administration to be able to work on. To be able to create affordability and accessibility, we must defund and replace this broken piece of legislation on behalf of the American people.”