Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, we heard Minority Leader Pelosi saying earlier that we were here as Republicans siding with the insurance companies. Revisionist history is great, but if you go back and look at who was supporting the ObamaCare efforts, you had the insurance companies lined up all out there, supportive. You had the big pharmaceutical companies all out there supportive. You saw the American Hospital Association out there supportive. You saw the AMA out there supportive. You saw AARP. They were seen out there encouraging all of the ObamaCare stuff. Naturally they stand to gain with UnitedHealth more than anybody. They are the biggest sellers of Medigap insurance. So if you really want to look at history, who was it that was not supportive? Well, folks, we heard from them in November. It was the American people. That's why we are here. We are with small business. They will create the jobs. We are with the American people. That's why we are doing this. Ms. DeLAURO. I yield 1 minute to the gentlelady from Florida (Ms. Wilson). The Acting CHAIR (Mrs. Miller of Michigan). The Chair would note that the point of order by the gentleman from New York continues to be reserved throughout.”