Political Quotes

“I am proud to be here this evening with my colleagues to host the Republican leadership hour. We are going to talk to the American people about the damaging taxes levied against them by the President's health care law, the cost to consumers, the IRS' role in enforcement of these tax provisions, and the rocky implementation of the law. The President's health care law contained 21 new taxes, many of which will impact low and middle-income earners. Together, these taxes represent a $1 trillion tax hike at a time when American families certainly cannot afford it. And although it became law in 2010, the two linchpins of the law, the employer mandate and the individual mandate, were not scheduled to be implemented until 2014. My colleagues and I have consistently expressed our concerns to the President and our Democrat colleagues that these two taxes would present both an undue economic burden on our constituents, and a logistical nightmare for the administration to implement. On July 2, the administration announced in a Treasury blog post that it would delay enforcement of the employer mandate by a year, until 2015. One administration official said that the President justified this decision to delay this tax on business because it began, and I quote, ``listening to businesses about the health care law.'' I've been hearing from businesses about this tax for 3 years, and I'm sure the President has as well. I'm glad that he saw the light.…”