Political Quotes

“Let me make this point, because you have made some points that aren't completely accurate. The number we agreed upon--but if you say, Okay, we agree on a certain spending level, that is one part of the debate. But you then go put policies in the bill at that level that undermine, not only our beliefs of what is best for national defense, but what the President needs to do to be able to do his job to secure our border. You did that in the bill knowing that that would make it partisan. It was a bipartisan bill, and then you added provisions, like things that would undermine the ability to secure America's border in that bill knowing it was partisan. If you took that out, you knew it would have been a bipartisan bill, but you left it in. And that is a pattern we have seen from Speaker Pelosi's majority this year. We had a bill in the Committee on Energy and Commerce to lower drug prices--a major problem in this country. Republicans and Democrats worked for months and came up with a bill in the committee of jurisdiction to solve the problem and lower drug prices. And you know what happened? It was a unanimous vote--unanimous vote. People looking at Congress going, Wow, here in the year 2019, on a major issue like lowering drug prices, Republicans and Democrats came together and figured out a way to lower drug prices, and the vote was unanimous.…”