Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from North Carolina, my good friend and RSC chairman, Mark Walker, for this Special Order opportunity tonight. Mr. Speaker, Americans are hurting right now with their health care. ObamaCare supporters are quick to point out some Americans who have actually been helped by ObamaCare. After spending over $1 trillion of borrowed money, I would certainly hope that there are at least some people who have been helped by this terrible law that was forced on us over 6 years ago by the Democrats and without one single Republican vote. Thousands of my constituents are demanding to be rescued from ObamaCare. They have shared their individual stories with me about how it has hurt them--higher premiums, excessive deductibles--how it has disrupted cancer treatments, forced them to change doctors, and how it has even cost many their jobs. Here is what real people are saying--my constituents. This is what they are telling me: A young couple with three children, living in Tyler County, Texas, shared how their premiums have gone up year after year. They began with a $900 monthly premium and with a $2,500 deductible. The very next year, the premium went to $1,100, and the deductible went up to $5,000. Then, in 2015, they were forced from a PPO into an HMO at $1,000 a month with a $6,600 deductible. These are individual deductibles. That is $33,000, plus the $12,000-per-year premium. That is an extraordinary burden on a young family.…”