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On the recordApril 23, 2013
recently the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, gave a speech in which she said she didn't realize how complicated it would be to implement the President's health care law. She didn't attribute this to all of the flaws that all of us know are in the law. The only problems she could see were because, she said, of Republican opposition. Here is how one newspaper, Investor's Business Daily, described it: ``Blaming GOP for ObamaCare.'' The article goes through a list of problems with the law saying it is and it continues to be ``unpopular,'' ``expensive,'' ``ill-conceived'' and ``poorly written.'' Democrats in Congress and the administration do not seem to be interested in admitting that there are flaws in their law. They are only interested in trying to make sure someone else takes the blame for their huge mistake. The question is, Are Republicans opposed to this law? Of course we are because it is a terrible law. Democrats know how much of a mess this law is too. Some of them are even finally willing to admit it. Last week the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on President Obama's budget for the next fiscal year. Secretary Sebelius testified at that hearing. I wish to read from an article in The Hill newspaper about what happened. The article is entitled: ``Baucus warns of `huge train wreck' in enacting ObamaCare provisions.'' A huge train wreck.…
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming
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Apr 23, 2013

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