Steven Brill Quote

[Ted] Cruz railed against his fellow senators for not appreciating the risk that Obamacare would destroy healthcare for America’s families ... Cruz then lodged a more general complaint against his Senate colleagues who, he said, seemed more concerned with cocktail parties in Washington, D.C. than with their constituents. Referring to calls that he said were pouring in from around the country, begging legislators to resist and defund, Cruz noted, It is apparently an imposition on some members of this body for their constituents to pick up the phone and ask for assistance. As I heard him say that, I picked up the phone and called Cruz’s local constituent service office in Houston. Could someone there give me information about how to enroll in Obamacare? I asked, when I was put on the phone with one of the senator’s case workers. No. We don’t support the bill, and think it’s a bad idea, I was told.