Political Quotes

“I thank my friend, the gentleman from Indiana, Congressman Young, for his leadership on this very important issue. Mr. Speaker, it is an important issue because ObamaCare is hurting American families. It is hurting American employers. It is hurting American workers who are struggling to make ends meet, to put food on the table. This is a bad economy. We continue to suffer from a bad economy despite 5 years having passed after the financial crisis. The project of ObamaCare--the project of the Affordable Care Act--is really the project of the entire Obama Presidency. It is a project to determine whether or not Big Government can solve big problems. It is a project to determine whether or not the Federal Government can micromanage one-sixth of the American economy. It is a project to determine whether or not it is a good idea to allow the government to take away choices from the American people--from American workers and from American small business owners. Wages in this country have gone down over $2,300 in the last several years. The labor participation rate in this country--the percentage of working-aged people actually in the workforce--is the lowest it has been in 35 years, and 75 percent of the American people are living paycheck to paycheck. This is not a sign and these statistics are not indicators of a healthy economy. This is a very unhealthy economy. Why?…”