Political Quotes

“Mr. President, this week we have been debating the future of ObamaCare, which still remains unworkable, unaffordable, and more unpopular than ever. For millions of Americans, the law today represents nothing more than broken promises, higher costs, and fewer choices. Recent polling shows that most Americans still oppose this unprecedented expansion of government intrusion into health care decisions for hard-working families and small businesses. That is why Leader McConnell promised that we would send a bill to the President's desk repealing ObamaCare using budget reconciliation, and that is exactly what we are doing. There is a special provision under the budget that allows us to send a bill to the desk with a majority of votes in the House and a majority of votes in the Senate. The majority of votes in the House has occurred, and now we are debating changes to that bill. The amendment's repeal of ObamaCare allowed under the rules of reconciliation--including its taxes, regulations and mandates--sets the stage for real health care reforms that strengthen the doctor-patient relationship, expands choices, lowers health care cost, and improves access to quality, affordable, innovative health care for each and every American. As I noted at the start of this debate, ObamaCare will crush American households with more than $1 trillion in new taxes over the next 10 years.…”