Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) demanded Tuesday that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius resign over failures of the healthcare exchange website.
“It is time for the president to ask the Secretary of Health and Human Services to resign,” Alexander said. “At some point, there has to be accountability.”
His remarks came after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) cited polls that say only 12 percent of the public believes the HealthCare.gov rollout went well. He said a similar number of Americans also “believe in Bigfoot.”
“HealthCare.gov is a rolling disaster,” McConnell said on the Senate floor Tuesday. “Everyday seems to bring more near comic calamity.”
Republican criticism of President Obama's signature healthcare law increased after the exchange website experienced severe "glitches" during its launch earlier this month.