Republicans Quotes

I think people have no idea what’s coming down the pike. This is the crown jewel of socialism. And we only have next week to stop it….This is socialized medicine and like I said Sean this is the crown jewel of socialism….It’s unconstitutional.

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Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Fox News show Hannity.
286810/20/2009 | Full Details | Law(s): Affordable Care Act

This bill is a massive expansion of the Federal Government, pure and simple.

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Alexa Marrero, spokesperson for Representative John Kline (R-MN), the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee. Time magazine.

The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama's 'death panel' so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their 'level of productivity in society,' whether they are worthy of health care.

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Sarah Palin
286608/08/2009 | Full Details | Law(s): Affordable Care Act

[The Republican plan will] make sure we bring down the cost of health care for all Americans and that ensures affordable access for all Americans and is pro-life because it will not put seniors in a position of being put to death by their government.

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Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
397607/28/2009 | Full Details | Law(s): Affordable Care Act

I would hate to think that among five women, one of ‘em is gonna die because we go to socialized care.

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Representative Louie Gohmert (R-TX)
397507/15/2009 | Full Details | Law(s): Affordable Care Act

Forcing free market plans to compete with these government-run programs would create an unlevel playing field and inevitably doom true competition…

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Letter from Senators Mitch McConnell, (R-KY)., Orrin Hatch (R-UT); Charles Grassley, (R-IA); Mike Enzi, R-Wyo.; and Judd Gregg, (R-NH)
286406/08/2009 | Full Details | Law(s): Affordable Care Act

Eventually, Americans would be stuck with government-run health care whether they like it or not. That's when the worst scenario would take shape, with Americans subjected to bureaucratic hassles, hours spent on hold waiting for a government service rep to take a call, restrictions on care, and, yes, lifesaving treatment and lifesaving surgeries denied or delayed.

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
286306/04/2009 | Full Details | Law(s): Affordable Care Act

Democrats are making it clear that they intend to use our economic crisis to rush through their longtime liberal goals without public scrutiny or debate. ... This will increase burdens on taxpayers and take a significant step toward socialized medicine.

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Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), The Washington Times.

This bill would allow an employee to bring a claim against an employer decades after the alleged initial act of discrimination occurred. Trial lawyers, you can be sure, are salivating at this very prospect.

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Representative Howard P. McKeon (R-CA), the senior Republican House Committee on Education and Labor, The New York Times.
322101/09/2009 | Full Details | Law(s): Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

Passing legislation like this will discourage lending. This comes at a particularly bad time when consumers and our economy have already had enough stress to deal with. It's not wise policy to create a consumer credit crunch at the same time that our economy is experiencing a commercial credit crunch.

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Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), CreditCards.com.

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