Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose the Republican majority's callous attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Reform has already made a dramatically positive difference for millions of our constituents and small businesses while tackling our ballooning national debt. We in Congress must continue doing all that we can to support American families and businesses as we emerge from this recession. Democrats have pledged to measure all legislation by a proposal's success at creating jobs, at strengthening the middle class, and at bringing down the deficit. Unfortunately, the Republican majority's attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act fails on all such counts. Repeal would hurt small businesses, canceling $40 billion worth of tax credits to help employees afford coverage. Repeal would stall middle class job growth, as one-third of small business owners told the small business majority they were more likely to hire new employees as a result of reform. And of course repeal would deepen our already exploding deficit, increasing it by $230 billion in the next 10 years and by more than $1 trillion in the following decade. Many of my colleagues across the aisle have rebuffed this analysis from Congress' own budgetary referee, the Congressional Budget Office, because it doesn't fit the Republican narrative or campaign promise to tackle the deficit. However, while they may be entitled to their own opinions, they are not entitled to their own facts.…”