Political Quotes

“I want to thank the gentlewoman from Texas, Sheila Jackson Lee, for her consistent and constant caring for men and women in this Nation that are on the outside, that are not among the wealthy, that are struggling with their families to improve their situation. You are always there. And here you are once again this evening laying out the problems that we are going to see with TrumpCare. Let me just very quickly run through this, and then I would like to turn back to my colleague from Rhode Island, Mr. Cicilline. The proposal that is on the floor, we could just lay out five very succinct arguments on why it doesn't work. I was going through a rather complete explanation of how the healthcare system works because it is kind of a basic understanding, but clearly, under the legislation that is going to be taken up this Thursday, Americans are going to pay more for less. And it is not just a few. The senior citizens in Medicare are going to see a diminution in their benefits. We are looking at the 40-to 50-years-olds, which I have already discussed. We are looking at other individuals. Pay more for less, we are looking, over the next 9 years, that 24 million Americans will lose their insurance or their opportunity to get insurance. And just this next year, just 18 months from now--excuse me, not 18 months from now. Nine months from now, we are going to see 14 million people begin to lose their insurance.…”