| Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act Of 2012—Motion To Proceed |
May 14, 2012 |
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John Barrasso, R-WY
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"I would tell my colleague and friend from Texas, who is a wonderful student of this as well, this health care law is bad for patients, it is bad for providers—the doctors and nurses who take care of those patients—and it is terrible for taxpayers, who are going do get stuck footing the bill. So it is not a surprise this administration doesn’t want to come to the Senate, is embarrassed to come to the Senate with a budget, because they know the American people would be so offended by the irresponsibility and the nature of such a budget."
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| Stop The Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Act Of 2012—Motion To Proceed |
May 7, 2012 |
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Lamar Alexander, R-TN
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"President Obama did not start this policy—it has been going on for 30 years—but he is making it much worse with his health care law. And when it takes effect next year, the Kaiser Family Foundation says that States, which already are spending one out of four of their State tax revenues on Medicaid, will see a 29-percent increase in their spending on Medicaid. What will that do? What that will do is force California, Tennessee, Connecticut, and Iowa to look in their State budgets, to take the money that most likely would have gone for the colleges and community colleges and public universities and instead spend it on Medicaid. Those Federal Medicaid mandates are soaking up money that would otherwise go to public colleges and universities, and as a result of that, universities are raising tuition. As a result of that, loans are up, students are fasting, and the President is on the campaign trail promising to fix it."
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| Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act Of 2011—Motion To Proceed |
April 25, 2012 |
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John Barrasso, R-WY
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"Madam President, week after week, I have come to the floor to give a doctor’s second opinion about the health care law. I tell my colleague from Tennessee that I should have him join me on a weekly basis in these second opinions, because he has clearly stated a number of things in this health care law that are hurting people. He talked about his experience as a Governor and the impact of Medicaid mandates and how that impacted his ability to provide for education within a State."
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| Statements On Introduced Bills And Joint Resolutions |
April 25, 2012 |
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Lamar Alexander, R-TN
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"To be fair, he did not start many of these policies. They have been going on for a good while. But he has made them worse over the last several years. When the new health care law goes into effect in 2014, with its new mandates on States, we will find an exaggeration of what has already been happening, which is that Federal health care mandates on States are soaking up the money States otherwise would spend on the University of Oklahoma, and Tennessee, and the State University of New York."
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| Preserving Health Care Choices For Americans |
April 24, 2012 |
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Erik Paulsen, R-MN
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"Mr. Speaker, more and more American consumers are discovering a provision in the President’s new health care law that prevents them from buying simple, over-the-counter medications using their health care savings accounts or their flexible spending accounts unless they first get a doctor’s prescription."
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