"I'm very concerned about the impact this law will have on Utah's ability to continue to implement health insurance reforms in a manner that fits within the State's goals."
"Utah has been a leader in developing innovative State-based approaches to reforming the health care system."
"Little did the States know that when they were being invited to dinner by the White House on Obama Care, they were on the menu."
"Authorized funding for the EJA is $195 million per year for 4 years, but first time funding has yet to be appropriated."
"The EJA was passed over a year ago."
"The Wyden-Brown legislation falls short and thus will not allow States sufficient flexibility to make meaningful changes."
"to tell you what you have to buy even if you don't want to buy it"
"If Congress could impose any mandate on an individual because it may impose a particular mandate on certain individuals, there would be no limits to federal power at all."
"The Congressional Budget Office, in the past, has said that requiring individuals to purchase a particular good or service was 'unprecedented.'"
"I have to concede that point. But that still begs the question of whether it should be mandated."
"It has already been said that the distinction between activity and inactivity is not in the text of the Constitution."