Political Quotes

“let me thank my colleague from New Jersey for his excellent remarks on the Affordable Care Act and its future and really spotlight the point he made. He and I have been around legislatures for a long time, both at the local level, State level, and here in Washington. If you have something you are really proud of--a bill--you can't wait to roll it out. We have a place for a press conference about every 15 feet in the corridors around here. We have a press corps that fills the Gallery when they all show up, and they are anxious to hear our story. If you have something you are proud of--and each of has had that legislation--you put it in a press release and do the social media and the whole number. If you are unfortunate to be in the position to bring a bill to the floor you are not very proud of--you don't know how you can explain it back home--you keep it secret. You do it behind closed doors. What the Senator has said is exactly the truth--and we know it, as our colleagues on the other side know it. They have, for the past several weeks, since the House passed their bill, been meeting behind closed doors. So 13 male Senators--why they couldn't invite the women Republicans in the Senate--it is their decision--I can't understand. They have not produced one thing for public consumption--nothing. Yet, Senator McConnell, the Republican leader, tells us: Well, you have 10 days.…”