Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. I thank Mr. Pallone and Mr. Levin, our ranking members on the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Ways and Means Committee, for their leadership and cooperation on this issue, as well as Chairman Ryan of the Ways and Means Committee and Chairman Upton of the Energy and Commerce Committee. This is a day that we really have to salute our staff. They have worked so hard. It was my honor to work with Speaker Boehner on this important issue to do what we came here to do--to legislate. We are the legislative branch. We are legislating. We are working together to get the job done for the American people. From Speaker Boehner's staff, I especially want to thank Charlotte Ivancic, who was extremely knowledgeable about health policy and was smart and fair about all of this. Wendell Primus of my staff was a strong voice for the concerns of seniors and children and the rest in those discussions. Ed Grossman and his team at House Legislative Counsel--for all the ideas that Members churned up, Legislative Counsel had to translate that into what the possibility was for legislative language. They worked 24/7, weekends included. Megan O'Reilly, Bridget Taylor, and the technical teams at CMS and HHS worked 24/7 for many days. Holly Harvey and Tom Bradley and the team at the Congressional Budget Office, having to score every change of idea that we may have had.…”