Political Quotes

Tom Rice: “I'm running out of time, but let me ask you this: Eight million people in 2014 paid a penalty for not signing up for…”

On the recordFebruary 9, 2016
I'm running out of time, but let me ask you this: Eight million people in 2014 paid a penalty for not signing up for Obamacare. How many were enrolled?
Said by
Tom Rice
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Questions the effectiveness of Obamacare enrollment versus penalties paid.

Share

More from Tom Rice

Jun 13, 2022

Tom Rice voted to impeach Donald Trump. He says he's proud of that vote. He says if it costs him his career, so be it.

transcripts.cnn.com
Oct 21, 2021

This is a very commonsense solution that would have prevented most of these massacres.

congress.gov
Oct 21, 2021

Too often when we see tragedies like this, in our immediate reaction, we try to go too far, and we can't find a solution that we can get across the line.

congress.gov
Mar 17, 2022

Passing this bill will place significant tariffs on most of Russia's exports to the United States, further defunding Putin's war machine. The bill also gives proclamation authority to the USTR to further raise tariffs on Russia's goods so…

govinfo.gov

Other voices in this conversation