Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from New York for his time today and his leadership on this important issue. I know you have a young family, as do I, and you're here today to make sure that we talk about those matters that are important to our families, those things that will lead to a better future for them. But it's been a disappointing day today when we saw colleagues on the other side of the aisle who had an opportunity to reject one of the largest tax increases in American history, when they could have voted to repeal and begin the replacement process on the health care bill, the President's takeover of health care, but, instead, most of them, the vast majority of them, decided to move forward with the tax, a tax that they pledged they would never commit and carry out on the middle class of this country. Growing up in a little town of the eastern plains of Colorado, I will never forget my hometown doctor. At times, he was the only doctor in a town of about 3,000 people. His name was Jack Pierce. Dr. Pierce was somebody that's still looked up to in my hometown. He's moved away, lives in Texas now, but he's somebody who parts of the new hospital is named after, somebody who delivered me and was there when my mom, in my hometown, was delivered as well. Dr. Pierce was my doctor's name. With the health care bill, the rest of America gets Dr. Washington. Dr. Washington is now going to make health care decisions for the American people.…”