Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for his participation. I'd like to point out that the continuing resolution just passed by this House a few moments ago to fund the government for the rest of the year actually contained an almost $1 billion reduction in the implementation fund. It also contained a $360 million reduction to the Department of Treasury for their implementation of their rules. So there were some serious blows dealt to the implementation side-- not by Republicans; this was a pretty bipartisan vote. I think it had 320 votes at the end of the voting period. But this reduction is seen, in a bipartisan fashion, as being important because the gentleman is right: the torrent of regulations that has come out since the President's reelection has been nothing short of just astounding. No wonder the Governors wouldn't participate. The administration hid the ball until Election Day, and then said, oh, now we're going to give you the rule for essential health benefits. In other words, they wouldn't tell the Governors what you are going to be required to cover, what you are going to be required to pay for. The Governors had no way of knowing until 2 days after Election Day. And then they said: You've got to be nuts; we're not going to sign up for that. So Health and Human Services said, okay, you've got another month. They said: You've got to be nuts; that's Christmas, Thanksgiving. Everybody's on vacation, nobody can evaluate it.…”