Political Quotes

“I come to the floor, as I have frequently since the health care law was passed, as a doctor who has practiced medicine in Wyoming for a quarter of a century, taking care of people, providing low-cost blood screenings through the Wyoming Health Fair, of which I was the medical director. I was back in Wyoming last week talking to folks about their health care and their concerns. With the end of the year rapidly approaching, Americans are gathering with family and friends to celebrate the holidays, to count their blessings. But from what I heard last weekend in Wyoming and on a telephone townhall meeting Monday night, very few people are thankful for the President's health care law. I met yesterday with the Wyoming insurance commissioner. Fewer than 1,000 people have been able to sign up, but thousands have had their insurance canceled under the law. So many more people are suffering because of the law than people who are potentially able to benefit. This law was forced down the throats of the American people, supported unanimously by the Democrats in this body. It is continuing to disrupt people's lives and to cause them very real harm. After a year of false starts and failures, what we have seen is that the President's health care law is nothing more than a collection of deception, delays, and disappointments. If you look at the headlines, the biggest disappointment was the launch of the healthcare.gov Web site in October. It was a total disaster.…”