Political Quotes

“I am very pleased to have heard some of the testimony of Secretary Sebelius and to understand that we should be in this business, all of us, in serving the American public to fix problems and make, in essence, things work--put the wheels on. We are going to ensure that this Web site is fixed by the end of November, the beginning of December--the same kind of problems that happened with Medicare part D. In actuality, rather than using anecdotal stories, let me tell you that the President was, in fact, right that you can grandfather and keep your same insurance. But if your same medical insurance was similar to a subprime mortgage loan that had no value whatsoever, as most Americans know, and you are getting an improved medical coverage insurance, then you get new insurance. As in California and other places where States have their own insurance exchange, we have seen a 29 percent decrease in insurance premiums. The real issue is what we are doing in sequester and budgeting and the loss of the researchers at the NIH. It is a disgrace. We need to get to work on serious issues so that we can put this country back to work. ____________________”