Political Quotes

“I rise this morning because yesterday the Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan organization that we rely on in this Chamber for truth, told us that the Senate healthcare bill--so- called healthcare bill--will throw 22 million Americans off of their insurance. Two-thirds of those, 14 million, are Medicaid patients--the poorest people in America, elderly people in nursing homes. I don't have a voice in the Senate, Mr. Speaker, but if I did, I would say: I understand how important it is to deliver on the promise you have been making for 7 years to repeal ObamaCare. The Republican base is demanding it, but it can't possibly be demanding the throwing off of their healthcare 22 million Americans. Mr. Speaker, I also don't have a voice in the oval office, but if I did, I would ask this President, I would say: Sir, you promised to do three things: you promised to increase coverage, to lower deductibles, and to lower premiums for the American people. I would say: Mr. President, this bill in the Senate does the exact opposite of all three of those things. So I would say: Mr. President, if you keep your word, stop this Senate bill from passing. ____________________”