Political Quotes

“My colleague from Colorado raised an important question: What are the Republicans trying to accomplish here? It is pretty simple. We are trying to give freedom and choice back to the American people who lost their freedom and choice and control over their healthcare plans, who lost freedom and control over their health care because of an ill- considered law passed by this Congress several years ago. He talked about the cost to American consumers. If you want to pass something that is going to increase cost to American consumers, this Congress did that several years ago. Look at the dramatic increase in healthcare insurance premiums, the dramatic increase in people's deductibles that have occurred since the Affordable Care Act--the so- called Affordable Care Act--was passed here in Congress several years ago. We are trying to reverse that. We are trying to get control back. And, in fact, we know from the Congressional Budget Office score that it will lower premiums by 10 percent. We haven't seen premiums go lower in years. So if they want to know what we are trying to accomplish, it is plain on its face. The gentleman referred to some amendments that he offered in committee. Every one of those amendments was ruled nongermane. And for those of us that maybe don't understand a lot about what ``germane'' means, it is pretty simple. You can't offer amendments to a bill that aren't related to the subject matter of the bill.…”