Political Quotes

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate being recognized finally here on the floor of the House of Representatives. Frankly, it's astonishing to me that a fellow Member of Congress has so little confidence in things that he says are facts that he refuses to yield and deal with the actual facts that he knew were before him. To make the statement that Republicans did nothing on health care during those years of 2000 to 2006 is flat-out false, Mr. Speaker. It's a fact that we moved on health care. We moved some significant policy. And in particular, we passed the repair to the abuse of lawsuits, which today it was published by the Government Reform Committee--actually, was published 2 days ago--that the annual costs of lawsuit abuse and health care in America is $210 billion. That's over $2 trillion for the course of a bill, and there isn't one dime that would be taken out of the pockets of that $2 trillion--a lot of which goes to the trial lawyers--that is offered by the President or the Democrats, and certainly not the gentleman from Minnesota. And for him to stand here on the floor of the House of Representatives and very much deny the very fact that is a fact of record and then refuse to politely allow for a correction of that record so you, Mr. Speaker and, by extension, the American people have an opportunity to be honestly and truthfully informed is an affront to the dignity of the dialogue on the floor of the House. So that's just a start on my answers.…”