Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Michigan, and I thank this House. I am reminded of the Declaration of Independence that calls upon this great Nation to pursue life and liberty with certain inalienable rights, as I paraphrase it. I don't know what the answer is to my friends on the other side. I don't know what the answer is to those who are languishing in the State of Texas when we have our Governor rejecting Medicaid and politicizing it by, in fact--in the ObamaCare plan the Federal Government sought to force the States to expand Medicaid. He says, in repeating, that the gun to our heads has been removed--certainly, a personal statement by this Governor. I asked him whether or not he has asked 357,000 young people in the State of Texas, who actually are on insurance plans because of this bill. I wonder, has he asked the 3 million children that have benefited in the State of Texas since 2010, boys and girls like these little ones who are seeing doctors now for the first time. What next, is the question. Maybe this little one, who needs to have doctors' appointments. I would like to know, has he responded to the fact that our plan, the Affordable Care Act, reduces the deficit by $143 billion. Has he responded to the fact that 5.3 million seniors have saved $3.7 billion in part D, or does he realize that health care costs have been halved to 3.9 percent now after this legislation was passed, the Affordable Care Act, because before it was 6 percent and over.…”