Political Quotes

“the Senate minority leader, Senator Reid, came to the floor a couple of days ago and talked about health care. He said: If people would just look at the newspaper, they would see that ObamaCare has changed America--in his words--for the better. Well, millions of Americans do pick up the newspaper. I hope many of them saw the Presiding Officer's article in today's Wall Street Journal about some of the travel and things he has seen regarding our Nation's security. But I would like to point out to Senator Reid that there have been headlines in the papers repeatedly, including one in the Reno Gazette-Journal this month, that said his home State--``Nevada ranked 48th in healthcare by finance website.'' This from a finance Web site. They are talking about just how bad the health care law has been for the people of his home State of Nevada. It was about a new survey that looked at things such as health care costs and access to care and how it impacts people at home. So if ObamaCare is so great--at least as great as Senator Reid says it is--then why is his home State ranked almost dead last? Look, Americans are seeing headlines like the one that appeared on the front page of the Washington Times the day the Senator came to the floor. Had he picked it up and looked at it on the way to the floor, he would have seen the headline on the front page saying ``Failures of Obamacare. . . .…”