Political Quotes

“The House will again vote to address the imprecisely named Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Critics say that we're tilting at windmills. Well, Mr. Speaker, let's review: Within the last month or so, we've heard from the Senator who authored the law refer to it as a coming ``train wreck''--that's right, he called it a ``train wreck''; We've heard the administration official responsible for helping set up the insurance exchanges worry that the public might be in for a ``Third World experience'' as they try and find health care; Oh, and let us not forget some of the very same Members of Congress who voted to foist this massive overreach on Americans are now feverishly trying to find ways to exempt themselves and their staffs from its effects. Let's look at the checklist, shall we? Premiums shooting up, check; Small businesses hiring fewer workers and jobs being lost, check; Employees seeing their hours cut, check; Faulty cost projections, check. Everything that opponents of this law listed as a reason to vote against this example of government overreach is actually occurring and happening. Tilting at windmills, Mr. Speaker, hardly. Working to protect the American people from a horribly disruptive and ineffective law, certainly. ____________________”