Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlelady from New York, and join her in opposing the rule and the underlying bill. This is the way it's supposed to work. Passed by the House, passed by the Senate, signed into law by the President, and upheld by the United States Supreme Court. The ruling provided certainty for Americans and businesses all across the country, knowing that the popular provisions they've already enjoyed are going to remain in place, and we can continue to implement the law of the land. So America, here's what Republicans want to take away from you today. They want to take away covering 7 million children, young adults who can remain on their parents health insurance plans until they're 26. They want to ban insurance companies from denying coverage to 17 million children with preexisting conditions. They want to end tax cuts that benefit 360,000 businesses that employ 2 million workers, all provisions that have popular and bipartisan support. But rather than building on and moving forward from last month's ruling, nope, the Republicans, not surprisingly, decided to spend yet another day in Congress considering the repeal of the Affordable Care Act; 31 times that the House will vote on repeal. What a waste of America's time. Thirty times that we haven't voted on jobs bills. Thirty times we haven't focused on extending tax cuts for the middle class.…”