Now that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has resigned, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) on Sunday indicated that Republicans may use the nomination hearing for her replacement, Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell, to harp on their issues with Obamacare.
Scott said on “Fox News Sunday” that he wouldn’t go as far as to vote against Burwell because he does not like the health care law, but he said that senators need to better understand Burwell’s loyalties and agenda.
“The questions that we have to get to, however, is whether or not Director Burwell will be serving for the President of the United states, with his agenda as the primary objective, or will she get into the details of the numbers, and she’s honestly strong on the numbers, and figure out whether seven million people actually signed up and paid, or whether, as other independent sources suggest, that we’ve had fewer than 5 million signed up and paid, as well as looking at the fact that when you have 6 million cancellations, and 7 million signed up by the President’s suggestions, that what is the actual number of those who signed up and paid,” Scott asked.
He added that he needs to better understand “her approach to making sure that the American people are the primary objective and not politics,” when it comes to Obamacare.
“harp on their issues with Obamacare.”
do these harpies realize that every time they start asking stupid questions in public it only reveals that these lawmakers are working for someone other than The People?
This is projection at its finest, and they are using this unfortunate and symbolic fellow to be their new doofus for them.
The simplest logic dictates that the very act of opposing the ACA was for the benefit of the 1%, despite the fact they enlisted quite a few 99%ers to do their dirty work for them.
Their questions almost always relate to protecting big business interests, not We, the People, and every time they challenge Sebelius aloud or in hearings, it is all the more obvious.
Not sure I understand his statement. Is it the sole job of the SHHS to ferret out an actual number? Seems like a fairly low priority task to me that plenty of other people are already chasing.
It’s just more of the same. More proof that the Republican Party has become Monty Python’s Silly Party.
“He added that he needs to better understand “her approach to making sure that the American people are the primary objective and not politics,” when it comes to Obamacare.”
No, you don’t need to a damn thing but continue to obstruct as you’ve been doing all along. You don’t need to do anything because Burwell will be confirmed with 51 Democratic votes. You and your fellow GOPers have made yourselves irrelevant to the process. Hopefully, in November voters will make sure your irrelevance persists.
But if we listen to conventional wisdom about mid term elections, even in the wake of the most worthless Congress in history, some of these cons will be rewarded for failure.
The Tea Mob candidates in particular, will be judged not for their accomplishments, but for the lack of them.Instead of repeating history, it is time for Dems to MAKE history and get the old mid term monkey off its back.