Political Quotes

“We are now 7 months into this House Republican session. It has been nothing more than a bridge to nowhere. Nowhere on jobs. Nowhere on immigration reform. Nowhere on a budget agreement. Nowhere on most appropriations bills. Instead, House Republicans today continue their obsession--so vividly embraced by the chairman of our committee in his words--with trying to destroy the bridge built by the President and the Democratic Congress to somewhere vital--putting all Americans in charge of their own health care. This bill before us is nothing more than a continuation of the Republicans' blind obsession with repealing the Affordable Care Act. This is how Republicans have chosen to spend the last day here before they recess this House for 5 weeks. It's so clear. The Republican mission is to destroy, not implement, health care reform. Rather than help leading on the issue, House Republicans have spent the last 2-plus years trying to mislead Americans about health care rights under the ACA. Now we can expect more misinformation, and the statement of our chairman is loaded with it. Thirteen States, for example, published preliminary premiums for marketplace coverage.…”