Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, but I regret to say unsurprisingly, the Republicans continue to play politics with Medicare, politics with water that is the lifeblood of the American West and the economic lifeblood of the counties that I represent in Eagle and Summit County. And all we have here to vote on today is, once again, an attempt to undermine the Affordable Care Act, to keep the taxes and remove the benefits, and an attempt to grab the water from those who would use it for fishing and recreation in the Mountain West. {time} 1330 I hope that we can do better. If we can reject this $183 billion rule, I think it will send a message to the Speaker that we are ready for immigration reform. We are ready to reach out our hand on the SGR, on the doc fix, and figure out the best way to pay for it, taking the best ideas that Republicans and Democrats have to offer, working with the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Kind) and others to bend the cost curve, so that we can deliver a better quality of services to American seniors and contain costs more effectively. I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' and defeat the previous question and vote ``no'' on the underlying bills. I yield back the balance of my time.”