[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 37 (Wednesday, March 4, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1264]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
OBAMACARE
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I will briefly comment on my friend the
Republican leader further trying to come to the floor once again to try
to minimize the disastrous attacks on ObamaCare.
The House has voted 57 times to repeal that law. Each time, the
result is the same. As Albert Einstein said, the definition of insanity
is someone who does something over and over again and gets the same
results. So it is insane what they have done in the House, and it is
really insane what they are trying to do here in the Senate.
There is no question about the case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
The language is clear. Almost 10 million people will lose health
insurance. And we have seen in the press the last few days that very
terrible things would happen to families if they lost their health
care. What my friend the Republican leader is talking about doing is
turning it back to the insurance industry. If you had a preexisting
disability, no insurance. They set arbitrary limits as to how much they
would pay. It was a time of dread for families who were trying to
insure their boys and girls, mothers and fathers.
So I hope the Supreme Court will listen to the will of the American
people and the will of the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives
which passed this law. We all knew the intent of Congress. We still do.
The law is very clear, and the Supreme Court should follow the law.
Mr. President, will the Chair announce the business of the day.
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