Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I am very happy to see this bipartisan bill is getting a vote today. H.R. 1201, the EACH Act, or Equitable Access to Care and Health Act, introduced by my colleague, Mr. Rodney Davis from Illinois, provides commonsense relief from ObamaCare's mandate to purchase insurance from those who object on religious grounds. This bill extends the religious conscience exemption from ObamaCare's individual mandate to those individuals who rely solely on a religious method of healing. Receiving medical health services, as we traditionally think of them, is inconsistent with the religious belief of Christian Scientists. This bill says that for people who choose not to use traditional healthcare or services, they are fully exempted from the Affordable Care Act's requirement to buy insurance. For Christian Scientists, if they bought the insurance plan, they wouldn't use it anyway. If you don't believe in something, why should the government force you to participate. In healthcare, so many of our choices have been restricted because of the Affordable Care Act's domino effect across the entire healthcare sector. The EACH Act takes a step in the right direction by restoring freedom for people who had to face a dire decision of either violating their conscience by purchasing ObamaCare or violating the law.…”