Political Quotes

“I thank the distinguished ranking member for yielding. Madam Speaker, to borrow a line from President Reagan: Here we go again. In the midst of a nationwide pandemic where there is so much work we should be doing for the American people, the Democrat majority has again brought a partisan messaging bill to the floor of the House that is dead on arrival in the United States Senate. As the majority knows, this bill includes numerous provisions that are nonstarters for Republicans in any legislation related to healthcare, including: expanding ObamaCare, no protections against taxpayer-funded abortion, the rolling back of numerous Trump administration regulations that have made health insurance more affordable, and financial penalties for States that don't expand Medicaid. Certainly, it seems bad timing to be enacting legislation that the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has already confirmed will lead to fewer new drugs on the market, but the Democrats have again included their socialist prescription drug bill in this legislation. Madam Speaker, there are real areas where we could be working together to find common ground in healthcare. There could be common ground on reinsurance. Six months ago, Republicans suggested over 40 bipartisan prescription drug provisions we could actually enact that would encourage innovation and groundbreaking new cures and promote low-cost options for patients.…”