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Ron Johnson

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Ron Harold Johnson is an American businessman and politician currently serving as the junior United States senator from Wisconsin, a position he has held since January 3, 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Johnson has focused on issues such as fiscal responsibility, healthcare reform, and government accountability during his tenure in the Senate. He has been an outspoken advocate for reducing the federal deficit and has often emphasized the need for economic growth through private sector initiatives.

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May 20, 2014

Yes, I just want to bring that into perspective. So rebates are $1.6 billion, but the government is collecting $8 to $14 billion from those exact same insurance companies.

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May 20, 2014

Yes, I will be the first to admit here that almost everything here in government is well intentioned, but there are some very serious negative unintended consequences.

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May 20, 2014

According to the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, in the State of Wisconsin, a 27-year-old male after the Affordable Care Act, their premiums now are 124 percent higher than they were than pre-patient protection Affordable Care Act.

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May 20, 2014

My opposition to this healthcare law, by the way, which was passed on a 100 percent totally partisan basis.

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May 20, 2014

Is he going to provide any kind of roadmap, in terms of what he needs?

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May 20, 2014

So I am asking you, what would be the average profit rate for a for-profit insurance company?

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May 20, 2014

I am the one pushing a bill, If You Like Your Healthcare Plan, You Can Keep It Act.

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May 20, 2014

He declared the war on terror over, and now we are having a hearing, and there is no proposal.

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May 20, 2014

I would like to see the administration propose what it needs in a refined Authorization of Use for Military Force.

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May 20, 2014

I objected to Obamacare because of the loss of freedom.

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May 20, 2014

It was regrettable, and I would say it was offensive--seeing as I am the only one in the room really talking about opposition, that you would play the race card, that you would say opposition to Obamacare necessarily must stream from some…

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May 20, 2014

If these are excess profits or we have not delivered good value to customers, where is the breakdown in the marketplace?

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May 20, 2014

A 27-year-old female is experiencing 77.6 percent higher premiums.

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May 20, 2014

I agree with President Obama, no American should go bankrupt because they get ill, but we did not have to pass this monstrosity.

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May 20, 2014

Health insurance companies must be accountable to consumers.

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May 20, 2014

This President looked at the American people and told them a boldfaced lie.

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May 14, 2014

Do you deny the fact that Google and Yahoo! have an enormous free market incentive to make sure that this criminal activity does not occur on the networks?

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May 14, 2014

I guess the other thing I want to get to is some sort of Federal preemption on data breach, so that we have a data breach standard.

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May 14, 2014

the first step that we need to take in terms of cybersecurity is information sharing.

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May 14, 2014

I come from a manufacturing background, so we have gone through ISO certification.

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May 14, 2014

But I want to make sure it is a cooperative one, not potentially somebody who is set up in business and is actually hostile to some of the actors in the room.

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May 14, 2014

I mean, literally what are we talking about in terms of the level of flexibility we are going to need if we are going to have any hope?

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May 14, 2014

You really do not think Yahoo! or Google have an enormous financial incentive to try and police this stuff and prevent it from happening?

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May 14, 2014

Doesn't Yahoo! and Google, don't they have enormous financial incentives to try and police this and prevent malvertising and malware?

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May 14, 2014

So you are actually talking about enforcement; you are talking about going after criminals and enforcing and penalizing the criminals.

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