Political Quotes

“I want to make a couple of points before I introduce the author of the CREATES Act. The gentleman that just spoke, Mr. Hoyer, voted 21 times, on 21 of the bills that were signed into law to repeal parts of ObamaCare. The gentleman voted for it because those parts were unworkable. So when you hear about 60 times, remember the leader, the distinguished leader, my friend, actually voted for 21 of those, as did I. When we talk about the people, let me read you a little statement from Tom from Medford who wrote me in October of last year. He said, ``Greg, I just received a letter from the insurance company stating their monthly premium next year will go up nearly 40 percent, from $632 to $883 per month, and that is with the plan more or less staying the same, but without any out-of-network healthcare.'' {time} 1315 That is not affordable. That is why we think States should have options. When it comes to the navigators that they want to dump all this money into, remember agents and brokers in the private sector cost about $2.40 for them to sign somebody up. The navigators would cost, based on 2017 numbers, $767 per enrollee. And for the $2.7 million that was spent to sign up 314 people, if you put that money--as Republicans want to do--into community health centers, one estimate is you could cover 20,000 people with that $2.77 million. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Sensenbrenner).…”