Political Quotes

“I rise to concur with the House of Representatives to consider and pass what they seem to be focused on, which is a compromise resolution to the crisis before us which includes ``no Washington exemption'' language regarding ObamaCare. I strongly support, of course, that language, and I strongly support that discussion and that effort in the House, and I really encourage all of our House colleagues to look hard at that and act on it. In particular, I would encourage my Louisiana colleagues to do that. I have pushed this issue ever since we got back from the August recess. As the Presiding Officer knows, as we went into that August recess the Obama administration issued a rule--an illegal rule, in my opinion--without statutory authority, contrary to the ObamaCare statute, that gives Members of Congress and congressional staff special status, special exemption, or special subsidy, if you will, not in the law, and one not enjoyed in that way by any other American. This ``no Washington exemption'' language, which I have been an advocate of with many others here in the Senate and with many House colleagues, would end that special elite status. That is what we need to do. I think we need to do it for two crucial reasons--first of all, just on principle. I believe it should be the first rule of our democracy that Washington is treated as the rest of America is treated.…”