Political Quotes

“I have come to the floor to discuss some of the issues related to the health care law and the side effects of the health care law. I see my friend and colleague from the State of Connecticut--a place where I spent 5 years as part of my residency program training--has just spoken on this issue. So I followed the developments in that State quite a bit and talked to many of the physicians who practice there on a regular basis, some of whom I have studied with for up to 5 years. So they have routinely sent me articles about the failure of the President's health care law in Connecticut-- because remember, the President said, actually, that the costs would go down, not go up under the President's health care law. I think he said $2,500 per family per year. Nancy Pelosi on ``Meet The Press'' said costs would go down for everyone--down for everyone. She didn't say they would go up a little. She didn't say they would go up at all. She said they would go down for everyone, and this was in the last 2 years. I come to the floor noting that just the other day in Hartford, CT, the headline story said that one of the insurance companies was seeking a 12\1/2\-percent rate increase. The Norwich Bulletin says: ``Anthem seeks 12.5 percent rate increase.'' I heard my colleague from Connecticut say the insurance commissioner wouldn't allow it to go up that much but did allow it to go up and said it was going up; is that what my colleague just said on the floor?…”