Political Quotes

“the matter before us is that of a nominee to be Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 2018. This nominee was asked to serve as a Commissioner by President Obama and was confirmed by the Senate by a voice vote in December 2010 for a term ending July 2013. While her term expired at that date, she can continue to serve until the end of this congressional session, December 2013, so she is still in the position, continuing to serve. I have gone through her entire biography, and I would have some questions if I were to have an opportunity to visit as a Senator today with this nominee to be Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. I would like to ask the nominee if she is willing to forgo Federal employee insurance, which she currently has, to go onto the insurance now forced upon most of America through the President's health care law. Would she, who is now seeking nomination and seeking confirmation, be willing to do what Americans are being asked all around the country to do, people who received letters that said: Sorry, your insurance isn't good enough. Sorry, you can't keep your insurance regardless of what the President may have promised. What would this nominee say? Is the President's health care law good enough for her? Is what the President is promising to Americans good enough for her?…”