Political Quotes

“Breaking news. This morning the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld a challenge to the ObamaCare health insurance subsidies being granted in Federal exchanges. So what does this mean? The Affordable Care Act was written so that tax subsidies for insurance premiums were only allowed in State-based exchanges. But so far, 14 of the 50 States have set up State-based exchanges. Many others, including Texas, are in Federal fallback exchanges. Today's ruling said that these States are getting subsidies illegally. This means that 7\1/2\ million people could potentially owe the Federal Government thousands of dollars that they would have to pay back. Mr. Speaker, this law was a disaster from the start. It was a rough draft written in a Senate committee, came over here and was rubberstamped by the House, and then it went to rulemaking at the Federal agency. So is it really any surprise that it is being dialed back by the courts? Between this and the Hobby Lobby decision 2 weeks ago, it is clear that the drafting was all wrong, and 7\1/2\ million people are now paying the consequences. ____________________”