Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of the repeal of the job-killing ObamaCare legislation. This bill is a whopping 2,500 pages, a monstrosity of new spending and government bureaucracy, rushed to approval after only 48 hours of arm-twisting and deal-making. Unfortunately, just as Republicans predicted, this legislation did absolutely nothing to address the real problem of health care--its cost. Republicans have long advocated for tort reform to be included in any legislation to lower the costs of health care. For just as long, those who have written this legislation have continually ignored the need for tort reform. As even as the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates, tort reform initiatives could save approximately $54 billion. I will say that the other side attempted to address tort reform by providing $50 million to States to consider the concept of tort reform. Here we go again. Another example of what's wrong with Washington, spending $50 million to figure out how to save money. The American people recognize Republicans have a better plan, one which reduces health care costs. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.”