Political Quotes

“When President Obama sold his health care law to the American people, he made many promises. He promised--he guaranteed--that if you like your doctor or your health care plan, you could keep it. He promised that his law would not raise your health insurance costs. My constituents will tell you that the health care law has broken these promises, that these guarantees are no good. Nearly every day I hear from folks, moms and dads, teachers, bus drivers, small business owners, health care providers, who are being hurt by the health care law. A woman I met recently, who had just started a new job, making $8.50, learned that her hours would be cut from 35 to 29. If you do the math, that's about $50 a week, $200 a month, $2,500 a year. That may not sound like a lot of money to the elites here in Washington, D.C., but for a working person in western Pennsylvania, that can make a big difference with gas, groceries, or helping to pay the rent. A chemistry teacher recently called my office in Beaver County to share her story about the health care law hurting her coworkers. The special needs teachers' aides in her school recently had their hours cut from 37\1/2\ hours to 28. That's a loss of $180 per paycheck. Many of these aides depend on this job to provide health insurance for their families. Thanks to the health care law, these teachers' aides and their families will lose their health care coverage.…”