Obama "closed offshore tax safe havens."
The United States has a supply of "more than 100 years of natural gas."
A cap-and-trade plan promoted by Barack Obama would hit hardest "those already struggling to make ends meet."
"The public option is not funded with public money. It's funded with private insurance premiums."
"There were more people at the Air and Space Museum" than at a rally against the health care bills.
The health care bills will be "mandated spending. You can't cut it, regardless of the budget circumstances."
The House health care bill pays for "about six years of program with a decade of revenue, with the heaviest costs concentrated in the second five years."
"As a result of the House Republican bill, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office now confirms that families will see their health care premiums reduced by up to 10 percent."
Health care reform "requires the use of federal dollars to fund abortions through the government-run health plan."
Research shows the employer mandate in the House health reform bill would "place millions 'at substantial risk of unemployment' — with minority workers losing their jobs at twice the rate of their white counterparts."
"That 3.5 percent (increase in the third quarter GDP) came from two things — government spending on Cash for Clunkers — they just moved fourth-quarter auto sales into the third quarter — and the first-time home buyer thing."
When it comes to aid, "the United States is still about half as what European countries give as a percentage."
The Democrats' health care bill "gives a new Health Choices Commissioner the right to look at an individual's tax return to determine what medical benefits or subsidies that person qualifies for."
"Husbands rarely beat up their wives. Single women get beaten up more."
"Democrats rang up a $1.42 trillion budget deficit in 2009 — the single largest in American history."
"The first installment of health care reform ... will raise the deficit by $250 billion."
Seniors with coverage under Medicare Advantage will give up "more than their share" because of health care reform
The Baucus health care bill "would drastically restrict the use of flexible spending accounts (FSAs) in order to help pay for health care reform."
Insurance companies have seen their profits soar by more than 400 percent since 2001.
"The truth is any oil that would be drilled could be sent to any other country in the world, reducing our use of foreign oil not by one single drop."
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