Kendrick Meek: “Mr. Delahunt, the American people want to be leveled with, that is the bottom line. Mr. Ryan said it earlier. They just…”

“Mr. Delahunt, the American people want to be leveled with, that is the bottom line. Mr. Ryan said it earlier. They just want us to shoot straight. They want someone to be truthful with them. In some parts of America they say, it is what it is; and if it is about the numbers of what the private sector and what the special interests can make off of every deal. Yes, we all want a prescription drug plan, but at the same time we want to be able to make sure we get the biggest bang for the buck. And not for the special interests, but for the people that need the drugs and the meds. Yes, we want to help oil companies be able to be innovative and to find alternative fuels, but not on the backs of Americans paying $3.25 a gallon. And, yes, we do want people to have the opportunity to have quality health care, but not being gouged as it relates to health insurance, watching out for the health insurance companies first. The Republican majority has done that, and then confusing people to the point where they are misled, and so some of them just throw their hands up and walk the other way. Ms. Wasserman Schultz, you talked about the changes and the problems and the mistakes within the literature that was given out. I was about to say, this is the big leagues. This is the big leagues. We are the Federal Government. The lights are on in this Chamber not because we are great people, but because the people of America pay taxes so that they will have a government that will stand up for them.…”