Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, let's talk about the 5 percent solution. So, if you are in the 5 percent, you need a solution. Five percent of this country is millions of people who are in HSAs. And the characterization of something as a tax shelter, as the gentleman from Texas just characterized, is a completely loaded and pejorative term. So where do we go for some level of clarity? Let's go to the Joint Committee on Taxation, and the question that was posed to them was: Show us the tax returns of people who take advantage or who are in a health savings account. In 2015, 71 percent of returns reported an income of $200,000 or less. Are those rich people? I don't think so. And, in addition, 28 percent reported income of $75,000 or less. So the hyperbole, the overstatement, the mischaracterization, I think is ``rich.'' And did you notice something, Mr. Speaker? I laid out the President's promise: You like your coverage, you get to keep your coverage. You like your doctor, you get to keep your doctor. And we are going to save $2,500 per year per family. There has been silence on the other side of the aisle, and I predict that that won't be answered all afternoon. Do you want to know why? Because there is no answer. For real answers, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Roe).”