Political Quotes

“I agree with my colleague from Arizona. I thank him for his leadership and congratulate him for the piece of legislation that is currently on the floor. I am here to speak in support of it because I want to get small businesses hiring again and get people back to work. We need to find ways to make it easier and cheaper for the private sector to create jobs. This health care law my colleague has asked me about is one thing the President promised, saying: If you pass it, health insurance for families will go down--he said about $2,500 per family per year. Instead, we have seen--in response to the Senator-- health insurance rates go up. Across the board, people agree they have gone higher and faster than if the law had never been signed. I think it was interesting and telling yesterday that the voters of Ohio went to the polls and voted overwhelmingly--almost 2 to 1--to say they don't want to be forced to participate in the President's so- called health care law. What people in Ohio and people in my State and in all of the States around the country are asking for--and this is my goal--is to provide people with the care they want from the doctor they want--the care they need from the doctor they want at a cost they can afford. There are things we need to do, but to put these additional expenses and mandates on the small businesses of this country, the job creators, just makes it harder and more expensive for those small businesses to hire more people.…”