Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, this evening, we had a difficult vote-- not difficult for some, but for some of us, it was. On the one hand, we had the President, who had announced he was going to do the unconstitutional even though he had pushed through ObamaCare without a single Republican vote for it, and people are beginning to realize just how devastating this is. They've lost their doctors; they've lost their insurance, and they're going to lose their insurance; people have been forced from full time to part time, and now they're seeking more part-time work to make up the difference; they're being told they're losing their benefits. This extra whammy for American workers was going to be even more devastating if the individual mandate went through. Somebody making $14,000 was either going to buy insurance he couldn't afford or pay extra income tax. Some of us knew if we would just let the whole thing go through, then people would be hurt, and they would demand repeal; but I had to vote not to make people suffer. Let's put off the suffering as long as possible and then, hopefully, repeal it. ____________________”