Political Quotes

On the recordDecember 1, 2011
It's an honor to be recognized to address you here on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. And I want to say that I appreciate the presentation that came from just some of the great team of doctors that we have here, especially on the Republican side of the United States Congress. I occasionally sit with these learned individuals, and I learn a lot from them, and I'm grateful that the American people have been able to review their presentation here tonight, looking at the numbers and the dollars that have come out of the health care because of this great burden of ObamaCare. You know, I was thinking of the necessity for us to continue to remind Americans, ObamaCare is right now the law of the land. It is the law of the land. And until such time as this Congress repeals it or the Supreme Court should find it to be completely unconstitutional, it will remain the law of the land. Mr. Speaker, the American people need to be reminded that even though it's creeping in on us, and people are realizing what ObamaCare is doing, a few people at a time, it is an insidious creep of a malignant tumor that is metastasizing and consuming American liberty, and it has to go. If we look back at the special elections in Ohio 2 or 3 weeks ago, on it were several ballot initiatives. The second ballot initiative was one that rejected the collective bargaining initiative that had been initiated by Governor Kasich. It was a tough loss for Governor Kasich.…
Said by
Steve King
Republican · Iowa
Source
govinfo.gov
Dec 1, 2011

Share

More from Steve King

Dec 21, 2020

I was unable to vote on December 20, 2020 and December 21, 2020 due to not being in DC. Had I been present, I would have voted as follows: ``no'' on rollcall No. 248; ``no'' on rollcall No. 249; ``no'' on rollcall No. 250; and ``no'' on…

govinfo.gov
Feb 6, 2020

I appreciate the gentleman from Texas yielding to me. I rise in opposition to this rule. And I have a whole stack of things that I will raise, but in the time that is available, I will say this: We watched as the Medicaid program was…

govinfo.gov
Jan 14, 2020

It is my honor to be recognized and address you here on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. I come before you this morning to remind this House and to speak about the procedure that is pending in the Senate and some…

govinfo.gov
Aug 22, 2020

I was unable to vote on August 22, 2020 due to not being in DC. Had I been present, I would have voted as follows: ``no'' on rollcall No. 179; ``no'' on rollcall No. 180; ``yes'' on rollcall No. 181; and ``no'' on rollcall No. 182. MEMBERS…

govinfo.gov

Other voices in this conversation