Political Quotes

“First of all, Mr. Speaker, I want to point out that Republicans are using out-of-context quotes from an administration, or from administration officials, to mislead the public about the security of healthcare.gov, the Web site. The same official they keep quoting went on to say: The added protections that we have put into place are best practices above and beyond what is usually recommended. And no Web site is 100 percent secure. But this effort to scare people from signing up for coverage is simply wrong. Mr. Speaker, I am afraid the bill before the House today is simply an effort by Republicans to continue to impede the efforts of implementing the Affordable Care Act by instilling misinformation and fear in the American public. It is an egregious bill that would, in my opinion--let me point this out, Mr. Speaker. Yesterday, I was in the Rules Committee, and I pointed out that, to some extent, I was pleased, I guess, that I don't see the Republicans actually coming to the floor today to act on another repeal or outright repeal of the Affordable Care Act. I mean, we are not seeing that. We didn't see it in Rules. And hopefully, I will say to my colleague, the chairman of the Health Subcommittee, that we don't see it again, either in the committee, in Rules, or on the floor.…”