Political Quotes

“I thank my friend. Ladies and gentlemen, we really need to come together and talk about how we reasonably move forward. Speaker Boehner said, when the President was reelected, well, the Affordable Care Act is here. But you continue, you continue this very day, to pretend you're going to repeal the Affordable Care Act. That's maybe what your constituents want. That's maybe good politics for you, but it's lousy substance. That's the truth. This is a ``gotcha'' vote. The press ought to disregard and constituents ought to disregard anything other than this is a vote to end the Affordable Care Act. Reject it. Reject it. Reject this politics as usual. Mr. Speaker, today's votes are a sad and unnecessary gimmick. What Republicans are focusing on with these bills is not real--it's part of a political game that comes at the cost of spending time on the actual challenges we face, like creating jobs and replacing the sequester. I'm not surprised that Republicans continue to force votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act, because that's been their position all along. Today's votes are more of the same--efforts to undermine a law that has been enacted by Congress, upheld by the Supreme Court and reaffirmed with the reelection of President Obama. The Administration has already announced they are delaying employer penalties by one year, while they continue to work with America's businesses to simplify reporting requirements.…”