Political Quotes

“I spoke earlier today about my grave concerns about this bill. I noted that I did my very best to offer amendments to this bill that would mitigate some of the damages that this bill will cause, which will include increased health care cost, and an actual decrease of mental health coverage for many Americans. What my very sincere but misguided colleagues on the other side of the aisle repeatedly forget is that actions have consequences. When Congress chooses to impose billions of Federal Government mandates on the private sector, they somehow seem to believe that the money that it will take to pay for those mandates will just somehow drop out of the sky or grow on trees. I'm here to remind them that it doesn't. Someone must pay for it. There's a great thing that we call the free market in America. I'm an ardent capitalist, and I believe that the marketplace, unencumbered by government regulation, is the best way to control quality, quantity and cost of all goods and services, including health care. The reality is when government steps in and tries to improve the marketplace, they impede and harm the efficient delivery of goods and services, and this definitely includes mental health care.”