Political Quotes

“Mr. President, reserving the right to object, where do you begin? That was quite the statement. At some point in time, it just becomes galling to listen to the tactics--the scare tactics and false allegations, particularly from the other side that gave us the Affordable Care Act, an Orwellian-named bill if there ever were one. One of the promises made to promote that bill was, in the end, determined to be the PolitiFact Lie of the Year--I think in the year 2013: If you like your healthcare plan, you can keep your plan. If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. Millions of Americans lost their healthcare plans. They lost their doctors. Premiums didn't decline by $2,500 per family; they actually skyrocketed--sometimes two, three, four times the price because of the faulty design of healthcare, of the Affordable Care Act, ObamaCare. Probably the greatest false allegation that is just offensive--and, by the way, to call every Member on this side spineless is offensive. We have different views. You know, you try to respect the different views if you actually want to accomplish something. But one of the greatest false allegations--and they go back to the well time and time and time and time again about this--is the Republicans don't want to protect the coverage for people with preexisting conditions. Nothing could be further from the truth. That was an argument made back in 2010, and the American people decided that we should do that.…”