Political Quotes

“2 years ago, the President's massive health care plan came before us, and then-Speaker Pelosi said we had to pass this bill to find out what was in it. Well, you know what? We're finding out what's in this bill. In the last 2 years, we've had 47 committee hearings in six different committees. We've taken 25 floor votes to repeal, defund, or dismantle harmful elements of this massive $1 trillion, 2,000-page government takeover of our Nation's health care system. We're finding out what's in this bill. We've already repealed the 1099 requirement with bipartisan support. We've already repealed the CLASS Act with bipartisan support. Now we're awaiting the Supreme Court's decision on whether the individual mandate is constitutional. I think the public is now beginning to learn a little bit about this bill themselves. I think they know there is a 3.8 percent tax on small businesses, our job creators. There's another 2.3 percent tax on medical devices--wheelchairs for our seniors, hearing aids for our disabled folks. These are things that are in this bill. There's a 40 percent tax on your health care plans. Now they keep telling us, too, that if you like your health care plan, you can keep it. Well, President Obama, himself, said, you know, there may have been some language snuck into this bill that runs contrary to that premise. Who do we believe here? What do we believe? Here we are again.…”