Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise to speak to the repeal and replace effort that is before us, and the challenge has been how to do so. Senator McConnell has recently introduced a bill, and as we pore over it, there is much to like, but quite likely, there will be some Senators who will still express reservations as to whether this amendment adequately fulfills President Trump's campaign pledges--those pledges specifically to continue coverage, care for those with preexisting conditions, eliminate mandates, and lower premiums. If more is required, Senator Lindsey Graham and I have actually come up with an amendment that we will add to the bill being offered. It doesn't replace it but, rather, it adds to it. In it, we return to conservative solutions that devolve power back to States and rely upon the States to, in turn, devolve power to the patient. So what does this bill do? What we do basically is take the dollars that the Federal Government would give to a State under ObamaCare and we give those same dollars in the form of a block grant. We allow the State to then administer the money in its best way to, one, give patients the power, and two, fulfill President Trump's pledges. We think this works. It is a 10th Amendment solution in which that which is not specifically given to the Federal Government is, in turn, given to the State. Let the States decide what they want to do. Some object. They say: Oh my gosh.…”