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On the recordMay 15, 2013
the great Albert Einstein defined insanity as follows: ``doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.'' That is what Albert Einstein said. If his definition is true--and I am not going to argue with Einstein--the House Republicans have truly lost their minds. This week the House of Representatives will vote for the 37th time--the 37th time--on exactly the same thing. What are they voting on? They are voting to repeal the landmark constitutional health care reform bill known now as ObamaCare--and I say that proudly. After last year's election, Speaker Boehner conceded that ObamaCare is here to stay. Here is what he said: It's pretty clear that the president was re-elected. Obamacare is the law of the land. I think that is a pretty fair statement. Again, the Speaker said it is pretty clear President Obama was reelected and ObamaCare is the law of the land. So no matter what he said then, this is now, and he has changed his mind. The House will waste yet another week on another dead-end repeal vote. Perhaps Republicans think the 37th time is the charm, but 37 times on the exact same thing? Tea party extremists bullied the Speaker into holding yet another vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act and roll back benefits for tens of millions of Americans. This is what the Speaker said last week: We've got 70 new Members who have not had an opportunity to vote on the President's health care law. . . .…
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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May 15, 2013

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