Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I am a strong ACA supporter. We have got to improve it. We have got to make it work, and that is the reason why I am supporting this legislation. Some efforts that are brought to the floor about the ACA are about unraveling it, but those of us who are the strong supporters--when an issue is identified that can help jobs and make some improvements, we have the responsibility, in my view, Madam Speaker, to advocate for those changes. We have the Member from Delaware (Mr. Carney), a strong supporter of the ACA, who has identified a specific problem, and I understand the concerns of the opponents because many efforts are being made to unravel the law, but there has been an acknowledgement that there is a problem, and that is what is being addressed by Mr. Carney. If the language is not as good as it should be--and part of that may be because we didn't have as much time to consider it--we have strong allies in the Senate. Senator Carper and Senator Coons are both very strong ACA supporters who are willing to make the adjustments over there, not to mention the majority leader, Senator Reid. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.”