Political Quotes

“I'd like to thank my colleague from Pennsylvania. And I'm glad we're talking about this because tomorrow I intend to vote again to repeal ObamaCare and put an end to what its lead author himself said is a ``train wreck.'' I'd like to read an email that I received about 2 or 3 weeks ago: I own a daycare center (260 children and 73 staff). Been in business 24 years. I just got the info on ObamaCare from my insurance company. The numbers will cause me to close my business. How can my own government do this? I have worked hard to have a first-rate child care center, seldom taking vacations and easily putting in 10 hours a day year-round. I have always done the right thing for my employees and clients. This is so discouraging to me. Is there any way to fix this? So I visited the daycare center and talked with the owner of the business. If she moves forward and doesn't offer insurance, she is going to have to pay $83,000 a year in penalties. She cannot afford this. So what are her options? She's looking at going from 73 employees down to below 50. Well, that's 24 jobs right there that she's talking about cutting. But let's think of the further implications of cutting 24 jobs in a daycare center. It's over 70 children who are no longer going to have good, high-quality daycare in her small business. She's worked hard for 24 years and she doesn't understand. She tells me most of the people in her business now have insurance.…”