Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I thank him, Congressman Scott, I thank Frank Pallone, John Yarmuth, Ritchie Neal, our ranking members, who have done such excellent work on this debate on the values of our country. Mr. Speaker, our colleague, Mr. Clyburn, began his remarks quoting Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, and I want to join him. I think those words bear repeating. Over 50 years ago, Dr. King said: ``Of all of the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and the most inhumane because it often results in physical death.'' We come to the floor with the moral force of Dr. Martin Luther King's words in our hearts: Affordable health care is a civil right, a fundamental right for every person in our country, not just the privileged few. And so, in the spirit of Mr. Clyburn and Dr. King, let us be prayerful about how we go forward on this very personal issue about the well-being of every person in our country. Speaker Ryan once called this bill an act of mercy. There is no mercy here. Indeed, inequality and inhumanity is exactly what TrumpCare has in store for the American people. But when he said it is an act of mercy, here is what others said. From the beginning, TrumpCare was a moral monstrosity that will devastate seniors, children, and hardworking Americans. That was from me. But don't take it from me. Sister Simone Campbell said: This is not the faithful way forward and must be rejected.…”