Rick Torres, a Republican running in the 4th District against incumbent Democrat Jim Himes, took Himes to task for his support of the health care bill.
“Jim Himes has betrayed the people of this district with his vote,” Torres said in a statement. “The public is outraged at the fiscal chicanery which has not honestly portrayed the costs of the bill. And they are stunned at the arrogance of the Congress in the dishonest process they have utilized to pass this legislation. At a time when our country is suffering through a severe and devastating recession, Himes is casting a vote which will hurt the ability of our economy to create new jobs.”
Torres denounced the bill, saying it is chock full of “new middle-class taxes and government spending, numerous federal boards and bureaucracies, mandates and penalties, an entitlement expansion…unprecedented taxpayer funding of abortion…[and] flagrant inequities: special back-room deals at the expense of Connecticut taxpayers for Florida, Nebraska, and Louisiana.”