Tom Price: “in his novel, 1984, George Orwell presents this concept of doublethink, which is defined as, ``The power of holding two…”

“in his novel, 1984, George Orwell presents this concept of doublethink, which is defined as, ``The power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them.'' I come to the floor today, Mr. Speaker, to review the repetitive lack of openness and accountability that we have seen on this House floor over the last month. Time and again, this new majority has governed on the premise that if you simply just say it, it will become true. It is Orwellian doublethink, an amazing concept. They believe that if you simply just say you are lowering drug prices, poof, it's done, ignoring the reality that prices really won't be lowered and fewer drugs will be made available to our seniors. They believe that if you just say you are implementing all of the 9/ 11 Commission's recommendations, it changes the fact that the bill that was passed here on the floor doesn't reflect the totality of those recommendations. They believe that if you just say you are cutting interest rates in half for college students, it doesn't matter that in reality you've pulled a bait-and-switch, with the rate cut lasting just 6 months. Mr. Speaker, saying it doesn't make it so. And Democratic doublethink does a disservice to this Nation. Now this makes for great talking points and great press releases, but yields very little for the people back home.”