Political Quotes

“Finally, Mr. Speaker, these soldiers who are coming home, who lose TRICARE, are the very people in the State of Texas whom we want to salute and honor. They will come home. Their families will need the Affordable Care Act. Thirty percent in the 18th Congressional District in Houston, we will lose this; $1.74 trillion in costs in health disparities, health disparities, death, and disease because we are losing the Affordable Care Act. What is next? What is your answer? Mr. Speaker, I rise today in vehement opposition to H.R. 6079, the ``Repeal Obamacare Act of 2012.'' This is a colossal waste of time and resources--this body should be focused on fostering an economic climate that promotes job creation-- not settling old grudges. The health care overhaul signed into law in March 2010 through two separate acts--the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PL 111- 148) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (PL 111- 152)--remains the signature legislative achievement of the Obama administration. Otherwise known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or ``Obamacare'' by its detractors, the laws have been the main target of Republicans since taking control of the House in 2011. But on June 28, 2012 the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the health care law, essentially by affirming the government's power to require that Americans have health insurance or pay a financial penalty.…”