Political Quotes

“I now yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. McDermott), who's the ranking member on the Health Subcommittee. (Mr. McDERMOTT asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. McDERMOTT. Well, Madam Speaker, it's Thursday. Everybody's going home. Got to have your press release ready. So here we come. The thirty-seventh time they're going to try and repeal the Affordable Care Act. Now, you've heard a lot of nonsense already in two speakers, absolute untruths told right here about killing jobs and about rising premiums. Washington State put out their premiums yesterday, and their premiums for young people are down by 15 percent. All that hyperbole about going up 450 percent, or whatever we hear, is nonsense. It is simply fearmongering and, you know, the deficit comes down, insurance is more affordable and accessible and, at the most, 33 percent have been convinced by this stuff over here. In my home State, people are ready and willing to do it. Our Governor went out and set it up, and we're going to go and do it. Now, the only thing the Republicans are angry about is that ObamaCare's going to become the law. It's being implemented. It's going to be in place in October. It drives them nuts that they can't figure a way to stop it. {time} 1700 They've come out here once a month to try and repeal it over and over and over again, and they keep failing.…”