[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 15491-15492]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               STUNNING CONTEMPT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Mr. ROTHFUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
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minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROTHFUS. Mr. Speaker, everyone remembers the promise the 
President made while promoting his health care law: ``If you like your 
health care plan, you can keep it.'' He broke his promise.
  We just learned that one of the law's chief architects, Professor Jon 
Gruber, has come clean and admitted the deceit used to get the law 
passed. But Professor Gruber also revealed a stunning contempt for the 
American people. He called us stupid.
  This reminds me of when Lucy was trying to get Charlie Brown to kick 
the football. Charlie says to Lucy, ``I don't mind your dishonesty half 
as much as I mind your opinion of me.''
  In this case, Mr. Speaker, the American people mind both the 
administration's dishonesty and its opinion of them.
  The professor now regrets his comments. But does he regret that my 
constituents, Don and Karen of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and millions of 
other Americans have lost their health care plan because of ObamaCare? 
Does he regret that steelworkers in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and 
countless others are seeing their health insurance premiums skyrocket?
  More importantly, Mr. Speaker, does the President regret it?

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