“I support the decision today by Governor Brewer that Arizona will not operate its own Health Insurance Exchange. I appreciate her thoughtful deliberation and the research of the Governor and her advisers on the concept of an exchange run by the state.

I concur with her opinion on the drawbacks of a state-created but federally-controlled exchange. Any exchange run by Arizona would still include an inappropriate imposition by the federal government on our state.

While the Affordable Care Act is the mandate of the federal government, I remain unalterably opposed to the Act.”