Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Tennessee for yielding. I rise in support of H.R. 45. President Obama made a lot of promises when pushing his health care law through Congress. He promised that it would make health care more affordable and accessible. He promised that if you liked your health care plan, you would be able to keep it. Western Pennsylvanians will tell you that President Obama has failed to keep these promises. We recently saw one of these failures when the Community College of Allegheny County reduced the hours of many part-time employees because it could not afford the increased cost of health insurance. This is just one of the many sad side effects of a law that puts the government in the driver's seat of our health care system while taking patients and doctors along for the ride. Western Pennsylvanians do not want a law that will turn a doctor's waiting room into the waiting room for the Department of Motor Vehicles. They want commonsense and patient-centered reform that makes health care more affordable and accessible for workers, seniors, and families.”