Political Quotes

“for 7 years, Republicans in Congress have promised to ``repeal and replace ObamaCare,'' but not once during those 7 years did they actually put together a piece of legislation to make good on that promise. Not once during those 7 years did Republican leaders actually convene serious hearings and meetings with patients, hospitals, insurers, and medical groups to discuss how best to reform our healthcare system, instead preferring to just rail against the law. Not once during those 7 years did congressional Republicans actually try to sit down with Democrats and work on a bipartisan basis to improve upon the law. But here is what they did do: They did everything possible to gum up the works, with many Republican Governors even refusing to expand Medicaid, denying millions of their constituents access to healthcare. They went on TV, did interviews, and held campaign rallies about how all of the challenges facing our healthcare system, challenges that we faced even before we passed the ACA, was the fault of ObamaCare and made empty promises about ``repeal and replace.'' Congressional Republicans voted over 60 times to repeal the Affordable Care Act when they knew President Obama was in office and he would veto repeal--60 times. Now, with Republicans controlling the House, the Senate, the White House, you know what they are doing? Nothing--they cancelled their vote last Friday to repeal the law. Why?…”