Political Quotes

“Mr. President, reserving the right to object, our colleagues are coming here today and saying they want to participate in the process to fix what is broken in the Affordable Care Act. Yet I have in my hand a newspaper article about a letter that the Democratic leader and his colleagues sent saying they refused to participate in the process unless we drop all of our plans to repeal and replace ObamaCare. They refused to participate in the process. I would point out that the failures of ObamaCare didn't just start today; it has been failing over 7 years. They did nothing--nothing-- nothing to help the millions of people who are being hurt, who had to move from full-time work to part-time work because their employer didn't want to pay the employer penalty for not providing ObamaCare coverage. We know that many people have been hurt by it and not the least of whom are the people who are finding their premiums skyrocketing. They will do so again next year unless we come to their rescue. They have seen their deductibles so high, they effectively have been denied the value of their insurance. I had a conversation a couple of days ago--I won't name the Democratic Senator because it was done in confidence. The Senator confided to me that his own son had effectively seen his premiums go up so high that he had--it cost roughly $12,500 out-of-pocket to deal with his deductible and to pay his premiums--$12,500. That is not affordable to anybody, certainly in the middle class. I object.…”