On the recordOctober 1, 2015
I wish to thank my cosponsor, Senator Shaheen, for working with me on the PACE Act, without any question. I also would like to thank Senator Alexander for his kind remarks and specifically thank our leader, Senator McConnell, for making sure this bill had an expeditious path to the floor of the Senate. So often we hear in America that we can't get things done in the Senate, and because of your leadership, Senator McConnell, and because of the good work of Congressman Guthrie on the House side, as well as Senator Shaheen, we see we are going to have an opportunity to make sure that small business owners all across America are not more negatively impacted by ObamaCare. The decision we have made today to move this legislation forward actually will save, on average, about 18 percent--18 percent--of higher premiums that will not have to be paid by small businesses owners. Senator McConnell, thank you for your leadership. Senator Alexander, thank you for working with us on this very interesting process to get it to the floor as expeditiously as we have been able to do. With that, I thank both Senators for their hard work and dedication to this issue.
