Political Quotes

“most mornings when the Senate is in session, the minority leader comes to the floor--Senator Reid--and talks for a while, and he sometimes talks about things in the news. So I come today to the floor to talk about a headline in the news today-- in the New York Times, of all places--with this headline: ``Obamacare Premiums Are Rising, and Not by a Little.'' ``Obamacare Premiums Are Rising, and Not By a Little'' is today's New York Times headline. It is interesting that when I hear Senator Reid come to the floor, so often he is coming to the floor to defend the Obama health care law. A couple of weeks ago he came to the floor and he said that ObamaCare is ``continuing to work.'' Those are his words. So today I find interesting the New York Times story with this headline: ``Obamacare Premiums Are Rising, and Not By a Little.'' It says: Even in urban areas where competition was expected to be brisk and the risk pool young and healthy-- ``Expected'' is the key word there-- insurers appear to be struggling. In 14 major cities, insurers are asking for 2017 increases twice as big as 2016. Twice as big as last year--yet Senator Reid says ObamaCare is continuing to work. The next day after he said that, he said that the Affordable Care Act is working.…”