Political Quotes

“Well, I thank my good friend for yielding. I just want to come back. You hit on such an incredible point about the individual mandate to purchase health insurance. Now I wouldn't consider myself in any way a constitutional scholar. I'm just an American and a citizen. But my good friend here has a copy of the Constitution. And as I've read in the version of the Constitution that I carry around, which is about 28 pages, I think that was put together by some really smart people a long time ago that has withstood the test of time. And really our Constitution has become a model for other countries and emerging countries to base their governing principles on. But to the best of my knowledge, I can't recall that there is anything in that Constitution that provides a basis for Congress mandating that every individual American in this country purchase health insurance. I will yield to the gentleman with the pocket Constitution there to just see what his thoughts are on that.”