Rick Santorum
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Rick Santorum is a former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, serving from 1995 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he was known for his conservative positions on social issues, including opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage. During his tenure, Santorum was involved in various legislative efforts, including those related to healthcare and education reform. He gained national prominence during his 2012 presidential campaign, where he focused on issues such as economic growth and family values.
Yes, it was Trump's, you know, Twitter, and all that kind, but they didn't get healthcare done.
This is another wake-up call for Republicans in the House and Senate that you've got to put these, really in my mind, petty differences aside.
But it's not Ed's fault. That's -- I mean you're blaming it on Ed and I just don't think it's Ed's fault.
I think the bottom line is Donald Trump is not delivering on what he said he was going to deliver on and that's the problem. And he needs to deliver.
It's just -- no, it's too soon. I mean, I agree, we should have a debate on immigration. But not right now.
So let's just be honest about it. This is not a popular -- It's not done what everybody thought.
I think there is a problem with our criminal justice system. John McCain pointed out and many of us have pointed it out for a long time, when someone commits an act of terrorism in the United States, particularly I would argue, someone who…
I think the president is in a great position right now. I think he is trying to stress to the leader that there is -- you better feel a sense of urgency in getting these things done.
Look, you know, Donald Trump needs Mitch McConnell to be an effective leader, and Mitch McConnell needs Donald Trump to keep people energized and engaged out there in the public for what he wants to do.
The Republican leadership better start delivering on these two big things, both tax reform and repeal and replace Obamacare or this leadership team and certainly in the Senate and probably in the House are going to be in big trouble come…
The answer is, I would say yes. I mean, if you're going to go out is there and criticize someone for using executive orders and you use them yourself, then you should suffer the consequences of your previous statements.
I think what the president did with respect to suspending Obamacare, CSR payments, cost-sharing reduction payments, was the right thing to do.
The facts are that the proposal that has been put forward by the Democrats have been almost zero reform.
These ideas used to be bipartisan and now maybe we just need a little bit more time to drill that message through.
I think overall I think this is the bill that's most likely to be the bill that replaces Obamacare whether it's now, in a couple months or maybe in six months.
To his great credit, he accepted that this broken program was in need of a major overhaul.
The idea that some States are not going to do better under the Graham-Cassidy bill is just fallacious.
The objective then, as with the bill before this committee, was to entrust sufficient resources and decisions into hands closer to the people in need.
I don't think you can run for election after election saying we're going to repeal Obamacare and then basically make a tweak to other two and keep it in place.
I was the floor manager of that bill and worked closely with Representative Clay Shaw in the House and numerous governors to craft this reform.





