Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I heard the discussion going on about today's Supreme Court decision, and I, too, am very troubled by what I read today. To me, there are a couple of big issues at play here. One is accountability and how this Congress 5 years ago rammed through legislation without reading it. We all remember the famous line: ``Pass it to find out what is in it.'' The American people continue to find out what is in it. I heard the President talking today about this law's being woven into the fabric of the country. What is being woven into the fabric of the country are higher premiums, higher deductibles, less choice, more Washington, more bureaucrats, more forcing people to violate their consciences. That is not the way we need to be going. Now we see how the Supreme Court for the second time has allowed, really, a lack of accountability. When we saw in the NFIB case how they said, ``Oh, it is not a penalty; it is a tax,'' there were people in this Chamber who argued for the Affordable Care Act in saying there are no taxes here. Then the Supreme Court absolved them of that responsibility by saying, ``Oh, it is a tax. We will keep it in place.'' Here today is clear language that subsidies would go to only those exchanges that were established by the State.…”