Political Quotes

“How tragic it is that before House Republicans skip town, they will steal from Medicare, pass an age tax on older Americans, say that children with autism are a preexisting condition, and tell folks: If you have diabetes, you are paying $5,600 more. This morning, I heard from many hospitals, doctors, and nurses across Illinois. They know what families need to be taken care of and to be healthy. They do not believe that stripping 24 million Americans of their health insurance is in the best interests of our national health. To my eight Illinois colleagues on the Republican side of the aisle, if you vote ``yes'' on this bill, the eight of you own its aftermath in our State; you own the 47,000 jobs that you will kill; you own the health of the million-plus Illinoisans who will be stripped of their health insurance. Let's kill this horrific bill and work together to make health insurance affordable and accessible for all. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair again reminds Members to direct their remarks to the Chair.”