On the recordJuly 17, 2013
I've been here over four decades, and I have never seen legislation just completely be ignored. I'm thoroughly convinced that the Republican majority are not the least bit concerned about health care, because if they were, they would have a health care plan. The whole idea of talking about repealing ObamaCare and not having a substitute for it means that the President can talk about education, he can talk about jobs, he can talk about anything, but their plan, their legislative plan is just to say ``no,'' just to say ``no'' to the President no matter what he comes up with, even if it adversely affects the economy of our great country or even if it affects the security of our great country. I am convinced, as I said this morning, that if the President actually walked on water, the first thing the Republicans would say is that President Obama can't swim. So I think that we've had enough of this politics. Thirty, forty times we're talking about repealing it. Are you against having preexisting conditions being accepted for health insurance? Are you against kids being able to stay on the policy of their parents until they're 26? Are you against having preventive care given to people? I hope you're not, because soon--and very soon--the American people are going to get fed up with this gridlock politics.…
