Political Quotes

“The Chamber of Commerce, for instance, says: The administration released an extremely complex regulation that makes it virtually impossible for plans to maintain grandfathered status, instead subjecting them to many expenses and burdensome new requirements. In our view, this regulation violates Congressional intent, and does not live up to the promises of proponents of the new law. NFIB, a small part of their letter says: If required to comply with the administration's interim final rule, millions of small businesses will be forced out of the plans they know and like-- Which means their employees lose the plans they know and like. The Associated Builders and Contractors say: The grandfathered rule demonstrates a fundamental failure of the Federal Government to understand the needs of small businesses. With the current unemployment rate of 17 percent, the construction industry cannot endure another cost increase at the hands of the Federal Government. It is unfortunate that the Federal Government continues to fail to provide employers and their employees with health care solutions that are practical or affordable. Earlier, there were some mainstays of health care that--I think there was an aspersion I was getting rid of with my resolution.…”