Political Quotes

“I appreciate Mr. Haridopolos' leadership on this issue and organizing this Special Order, inviting all of us freshmen and a few other nonfreshmen here to talk about an issue that is so important to our country and to all of our constituents. Mr. Speaker, our healthcare system is broken, and my constituents in North Dakota know it. The law that was supposed to make things better, the Affordable Care Act, has definitely not lived up to its name. If you like your plan, you can keep it, they promised. A typical family will save $2,500 a year, they assured. The ACA will help bring down healthcare costs and even reduce the deficit, they claimed. Well, none of that is true. Here we are, fixing the ObamaCare mess Democrats created 15 years ago. Families today are paying higher premiums, facing fewer choices, and watching Washington throw money at a problem that needs to be fixed immediately. Yet, somehow, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle continue to paint this as a problem that Republicans created. The reality is, Democrats passed ObamaCare without a single Republican vote, not one. They also set the enhanced premium tax credits to expire this month. Ask them why. They had the votes. They could have extended this. They could have made it permanent, but they didn't. They set the expiration date for this month. This was completely their doing.”