[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 10458-10459]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               OBAMACARE

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, that we are even discussing another of 
ObamaCare's self-inflicted brushes with the brink--yet again--is the 
latest indictment of a law that has been a rolling disaster for the 
American people, a rolling disaster for the American people.
  Today's ruling will not change ObamaCare's multitude of broken 
promises, including the one that resulted in millions--literally 
millions--of Americans losing the coverage they had and wanted to keep. 
Today's ruling will not change ObamaCare's spectacular flops--
spectacular flops--from humiliating Web site debacles to the total 
collapse of exchanges in States run by the law's loudest cheerleaders. 
Today's ruling will not change the skyrocketing costs in premiums, 
deductibles, and copays that have hit the middle class so hard over the 
last few years.
  The politicians who forced ObamaCare on the American people now have 
a choice: They can crow about ObamaCare's latest wobble toward the edge 
or work with us to address the ongoing negative impact of a 2,000-page 
law that continues to make life literally miserable--miserable--for so 
many of the same people it purported to help.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Carolina.
  Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. President, I have two very brief comments. One 
involves our national security and the world at large and the other 
involves our Nation as a whole.
  First, as to the Supreme Court ruling. I am surprised. I am 
disappointed. But the ruling is now in. Senator McConnell said it well: 
This doesn't mean ObamaCare is fixed; it means it is going to continue 
until somebody finds a better way or we are going to be left with 
ObamaCare for the rest of our lives and children's lives and those who 
follow.
  The 2016 race domestically will be centered on health care as the 
most dominant domestic issue in the country. If you are running for the 
House, if you are running for the Senate or if you are running for 
President, here is what this Supreme Court ruling means: If the public 
wants to continue ObamaCare--which I think would be a huge mistake--
vote Democrat. If you want to repeal and replace ObamaCare with 
something better for you and your family, bipartisan, vote Republican.
  Hillary Clinton, the most likely Democratic nominee, will make 
ObamaCare her own. Whomever the Republican Party may nominate, the one 
thing I can assure you is that they will repeal and replace ObamaCare 
with something better.
  So to the people of the United States: You finally have a chance to 
have your say. This election in 2016 for the House, the Senate, and the 
White House will give you a chance to stop ObamaCare and replace it 
with something better for you and your children. Take advantage of this 
opportunity. Because if we

[[Page 10459]]

fail to have the people in place in 2016 to change course, ObamaCare 
becomes cemented in terms of the American health care system and our 
economic future. I think it would be a mistake for the ages.

                          ____________________