Political Quotes

“I rise in opposition to the ObamaCare legislation we are dealing with today and in an effort to repeal. I join my colleagues in calling on the President to work with us to reform this very badly written law. By any objective measure, the President's health care law is a disaster. Six years ago, at Christmas time, I was here on this floor as we held the final debate and held the final vote, after nearly a year of trying to stop this legislation from being forced into law. Unfortunately, it was passed in the most partisan and misguided way on a straight party-line vote after virtually every serious effort to amend it and repair it had been rejected outright. Since that time, the American people have felt the impact of the law. Thirty of the Senators who forced it through this Chamber no longer serve in the Senate any more. I don't believe this legislation could pass again were it brought before us. Those of us who fought over it at that time raised a number of concerns and warned the American people that this proposal would result in widespread dislocation of the American health care economy, that it would increase taxes on nearly everyone, force people from health insurance plans and doctors whom they have and whom they like, push up premiums and out-of-pocket expenses, cut Medicare services, and, finally, undermine the employer- based health insurance program and market that so many people and families rely upon.…”