Political Quotes

“I thank my chairman for yielding me the time. There are plenty of places in the Affordable Care Act where it is full of drafting errors and stuff that, quite frankly, just wasn't quite ready for prime time, but, Mr. Speaker, there is no ambiguity over this issue. When the President delayed the institution of the employer mandate on July 2, 2013, it couldn't have been clearer. Let me give you an example. The effective date for the individual mandate as written in law, and this is for the individual mandate: The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years ending after December 31, 2013. Pretty clear. ``Shall apply.'' Seems straightforward. The effective date for the employer mandate, section 1514 of the law, effective date: The amendments made by this section shall apply to months beginning after December 31, 2013. It really does seem straightforward. There is no ambiguity there. I would just ask the question: Is there a list of laws that must be followed and those that may or may not be followed depending upon whatever the will of the President is that day? I would remind my colleagues the words of Abraham Lincoln: The best way to end a bad law is to enforce it strictly. We should do the same.”