Political Quotes

“Well, I so appreciate Mr. West's comments. The gentleman from Florida speaks very clearly and directly on the issues with this bill. And as the gentleman articulated, 139 different agencies are now created under ObamaCare. I've come to the well of the House, Mr. Speaker, to display to America what our health care system now looks like under ObamaCare. This diagram goes through the 2,700 pages of statutory language and identifies those 130-plus agencies. This is what American health care looks like after ObamaCare. We can do better. As the gentleman from Florida mentions, we need a mulligan. And what we need to do is listen to the American people. That is one of the fundamental problems down here in Washington, D.C. People down here think: I'm in Washington. I got elected and I got a title. I'm Paul Congressman. Of course I know what's best for everybody in America. Do you know what? I trust the American individual. I believe in the American individual. We need to listen to him. That's why we go back to the district and we talk to so many constituents. We have town halls because of the commonsense ideas that people have around their kitchen tables and the conversations they are having around their sofas in their living room.…”