Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise in strong and vehement support of the amendment of Senator McConnell to repeal the health care reform law as now constituted, and I will support replacing it with reforms that truly provide Americans with access to quality, affordable health care, reduce skyrocketing health care costs, and put our Nation on a more sustainable fiscal path. These good goals can be achieved. But this current bill does not do it. I am pleased to see my colleague say he would accept some amendments, but the Johanns amendment he referenced was voted on twice last year. When the Democrats held a significant majority in this body they voted it down. After seven new Members have been added, many of them elected on a promise to repeal this bill--virtually everyone on the promise to repeal this bill--we now have agreement to change the 1099 reporting requirements, which is about one-thousandth of 1 percent of what is significant about this legislation. Indeed, if Senator Scott Brown had been elected a month or so sooner, the bill would not have been passed on December 24, the day before Christmas. The truth is, the American people have never supported this bill. Polling numbers show they still do not support this bill. The Democratic health care legislation was sold as a package that would reduce insurance premiums by $2,500 dollars per family. We were told that repeatedly. It was also supposed to reduce the Federal deficit, and immediately create 400,000 new jobs.…”