Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of the time. Mr. Speaker, I do want to direct Members' attention to yesterday's Wall Street Journal, the article entitled ``ObamaCare's Secret Mandate Exemption,'' which goes into some detail about the self-attestation for the so-called hardship exemption, which the administration included as part of an unrelated rule last week. As a consequence, there is an exemption from the individual mandate for the next 2 years for anyone who simply wants to go and say: I am sorry; this is too tough for me to do. Mr. Speaker, today's rule provides for the consideration of two important bills, one dealing with critical water rights and the other addressing the serious problem in the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate. I certainly want to thank the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Tipton) on H.R. 3189, as well as thank the chairmen and the ranking members of the House Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means, as well as the Senate Finance Committee, for coming together for our Nation's doctors and seniors. As I close, I would like to note that each committee's work is represented in H.R. 4015. H.R. 4015's base policy has the backing of the House and Senate negotiators and all three committees of jurisdiction. The original cosponsors of the bill include the chairmen and the ranking members of the full committees of jurisdiction, as well as their health subcommittees.…”