Political Quotes

“This body can do better. If we defeat this rule, we might have an opportunity to do something about the deficit, to do something about it by going back and getting a rule that if this body chooses to proceed with repealing the medical device tax allows a commonsense way for that to be paid for. If we repeal this rule, we can go back and look at improving the advisory panel rather than repealing it in its entirety, making sure that, if there are costs associated with that, that they are paid for in a real way rather than a way that is illusory. Mr. Speaker, if we repeal this rule, we can go back and bring forward Mr. Burgess' and my bill that would allow proper scoring around preventative health care. That would allow a proper discussion on whether this way of paying for a repeal of the advisory panel is even a real way of paying for anything or not. For those reasons, Mr. Speaker, I strongly urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' and defeat the previous question. I yield back the balance of my time.”