Rand Paul: “I think that is what people see as unseemly. They see: Well, gosh, if there are problems, is it right for him to just…”

“I think that is what people see as unseemly. They see: Well, gosh, if there are problems, is it right for him to just give exemptions to his friends? You see a line of people going to the White House that were big contributors of his. It is as if you can buy access to good law. The President changed the law only for people who gave him money. Can he give out grants and loans to people who are his contributors? I think this is what sort of belies this tale when he says: I am for the middle class. Well, I don't see the middle class. I don't see my neighbors or any of my friends getting any special deals at the White House. In fact, I see them bearing the brunt of people who do get special deals. I don't like, if you have really good health insurance, placing a tax on you, a special tax. Many of the unions will get that. I will stand here and fight tooth and nail not to have a special tax on the unions. Some might be surprised by that. It is not for me a union-nonunion thing. It is about is it good for America, is it good for Americans. Some executives have good insurance, too. Should we have a special tax on something that is good? It doesn't seem like the right thing to do. Mr. McCONNELL. Here at some point, regardless of differences of opinion that we have had on our side over procedure, what is likely to happen here at some point is we are going to have a 51-vote vote on defunding ObamaCare, something we have not been able to achieve here in the last 4 years.…”