Luke Messer: “Thank you. I certainly appreciate the gentleman and his leadership. I am sure you have been asked by many, both…”

“Thank you. I certainly appreciate the gentleman and his leadership. I am sure you have been asked by many, both privately and publicly, the same thing that I have been asked, which is: Aren't you just really rooting for ObamaCare to fail? {time} 1730 The comment I make every time I am asked that question is, no, I am rooting for the millions of Americans who are now being harmed by this bill. All the moms and dads that are worried about whether they are going to have insurance that had it before. The people who were promised things, that they would suddenly magically have insurance, and now they are not getting it. In the areas across the country where there were promises that rates would go down and now rates are going up, those folks now are caught at this point. I do think we have a responsibility. You and I both know, anybody that has been following here, we were opposed to ObamaCare and led efforts, along with many others, to try to make sure that we didn't have it. We also have always recognized that the status quo wasn't acceptable in health care either. That while we had a lot of great things in our system--certainly some of the best health care treatment in the world-- we had a program that was unaffordable and rates were going up. We have free enterprise-based, patient center-based solutions that can make a difference. I appreciate your leadership and highlighting this.”