Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, this bill is going nowhere, but there are lessons to be learned from it being voted on today. It is an exercise Republicans hope will help them politically, and yet another one of their attempts to undermine the Affordable Care Act. The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that this bill would increase the deficit by nearly $33 billion over the next 10 years. This bill does not include any offsets to address this cost. This is a vivid contradiction of worn-out Republican rhetoric claiming time and time again to be concerned about the deficit of this country. Earlier this year, the President requested $1.9 billion to address the growing threat of the Zika virus in this country. Republicans ignored this request, disregarded our Nation's top public health officials, and, instead, combined lower funding levels with poison pill policy riders. Nearly 12,000 Americans, including nearly 1,400 pregnant women, have confirmed cases of Zika in this country. The Centers for Disease Control and prevention has stated it is running out of resources to fight the virus. So far, no action. Zika is an emergency. The Republicans say, Pay for it. Oh, but not a dime for this $35 billion tax cut. How can we afford to provide for an enormous tax cut, like the one before us today, but we can't afford to spend just one-fifteenth of that amount to protect Americans from a devastating disease impacting families and children?…”