Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, today the Supreme Court announced plans to take up a judicial review of the President's health care law, the so-called Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This was signed into law in March of 2010. Now the Justices will consider if the Federal Government--indeed, the United States Congress--exceeded its authority by requiring that every American purchase health insurance by 2014. The American people have made it very clear throughout this process: Give us the reforms that will address the problems, but don't tinker with what is already working well. What people wanted was not a 2,900- page bill that shatters the system that was working well for the vast majority of Americans. What Congress should have done was to tackle the problems that Americans who need help were requesting. We could have addressed and accomplished reform in stand-alone bills at a much lower cost. We've seen that the new health care law is not what the American people wanted, and I am encouraged that this law will now be heard before the highest court in the land, and I am hopeful for their expeditious and judicial removal of the Affordable Care Act. ____________________”