Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank Congressman Raskin. It is a real honor to be able to co-chair this Special Order hour with the gentleman. The gentleman is one of the most brilliant Members of our body on constitutional issues and constitutional law, really understanding our role in Congress as a check on the executive branch, and I look forward to working with the gentleman. I appreciate Liz Bartolomeo's and my staff's help in organizing this. Mr. Speaker, I want to echo what Congresswoman Jayapal said about this bill and the impact it is going to have on middle class families and on jobs, because here is one of the things that Congresswoman Jayapal said that folks don't understand: this bill is going to affect almost every family that has someone that goes for eldercare, to a nursing home. The average cost at a nursing home is about $80,000 a year. Most families can't afford that. Most middle class--most upper middle class families can't afford that. So what do they do when their savings run out? Medicare, by the way, doesn't cover nursing home costs. They rely on Medicaid. What this bill does, in a shocking way, is say: we are going to cut Medicaid funding. Of course, we are going to conveniently cut it starting 7 years from now, coincidentally, after everyone has faced reelection, because we don't want people to know that we are going to cut these programs that they rely on.…”