Roy Blunt: “I thank the Senator. There are a number of waivers on this. The administration has given over 1,700 waivers to 4 million…”

“I thank the Senator. There are a number of waivers on this. The administration has given over 1,700 waivers to 4 million people. If you have a plan that is better than the government plan, if you have a plan that might be taxed under the law because it has been negotiated as part of collective bargaining, if you are a fast food institution that has insurance but, apparently, with high deductibles--those were all reasons to create a waiver. You would think that a faith-based belief would also be a reason that a waiver could have been granted. This amendment just assures that we can have the same kind of opportunity to exercise our religious beliefs going forward as every American has in health care, in labor, in hiring, and other areas up until right now. I would like to turn to my friend, the Senator from Texas. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Texas.”