Political Quotes

W. Todd Akin

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Quotes by year · 20102012552 total · peak 2010 (426)
2010: 426 quotes2011: 101 quotes2012: 25 quotes
Apr 28, 2010

Okay, I'm starting to understand. Doctor, you're great at explaining this stuff. So what you're saying is you've got a certain number of people that are all kicking into the system and paying for medical care. All of a sudden you create a…

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Apr 28, 2010

Do you think we really know the consequences? I don't think people have a clue what the consequences are.

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Apr 28, 2010

So we are getting this radical, one statement says one thing and yet when you look at it, it is the exact opposite.

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Apr 28, 2010

The promise was if you don't pass the stimulus bill, this was a year ago, you could have unemployment above 8 percent. I wish we hadn't passed it because our unemployment is now 10 percent. You were on the floor here about a year ago…

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Apr 28, 2010

We will start by reducing premiums as much as $2,500 a family. If somebody told me that, I am saying I like that. Our expenses, we go through a lot of money with a bunch of kids and health care. If you are going to reduce my premiums by…

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Apr 28, 2010

Just interrupting for a minute, from a business standpoint, because my background was engineering and business, when a business is running at 1 to 4 percent, that's like if you think about somebody that has to breathe keeping his lips…

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Apr 28, 2010

I really appreciate you bringing that point up, gentleman, because what you're really saying is there are a whole lot of question marks out there. It almost seems like to me, coming from our State of Missouri, it's almost like maybe you…

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Apr 28, 2010

You're talking about a bill that is actually driving the unemployment worse. It's a bill that's going to create unemployment is what you're saying. That's what this small business owner says. In other words, you're saying he's making…

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Apr 28, 2010

They're going to bankers, those loans are all set up, and when this thing passes, they go, Forget it, we're not going to expand business that way. And so you literally have people you know in the banking business in the State where the…

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Apr 28, 2010

Well, I'll tell you that I'm going to be talking to one in another hour or two not very far from my district. I think they've got the same set of concerns. It's at a place where the President has been visiting, and they're turning out to…

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Apr 28, 2010

As of today, there are 19 States, representing 41 percent of the population, which have sued the Federal Government over ObamaCare, which has caused Justice Briar to make the statement: ObamaCare, a good candidate for review by the Supreme…

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Apr 28, 2010

What in the world are these Congressmen doing, standing on the floor, railing about some bill that has already been passed? Well, part of the reason is there was some truth in what Speaker Pelosi said, which is that you've got to pass the…

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