Political Quotes

“I was in my office a few minutes ago, and I heard much of the debate with regard to business mandates. Most of us here in this Chamber in fact want health care reform. We know the people with preexisting conditions, we know the people who are scared to change jobs because they will lose their insurance, we know the nightmare of the paperwork and other requirements that they are forced to fill out for reimbursement, and we know the kids without insurance whose families are denied. We know of the inequities where people in fact are rewarded more for going on welfare instead of working. But the people across this land want the right prescription for health care reform, and as people across this Nation examine the details of the President's plan, they have in fact figured out the devil in the details. The thing they do not like is the business mandate. Employers want incentives. They do not want more mandates. They do not want more payroll taxes. I would urge my colleagues in this body to in fact oppose employer mandates as part of a health care reform package.”