Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I am hearing the exact same rhetoric, the exact same political posturing that I have heard for the last month. It doesn't give the American people any reason to think the GOP's priorities are going to focus on them. Let's just look at what we were able to do as Democrats, without a single Republican vote, in the Inflation Reduction Act: true cost savings that went and started to go into effect this past month. We delivered a historic victory for seniors. We capped out-of-pocket drug costs at $2,000 a year. We limited insulin copays to $35 a month. We empowered Medicare to negotiate drug prices, and we punished drug companies for predatory price hikes. Once again, every single Republican in the House voted against lowering seniors' pharmacy bills, lowering these costs for our Americans. A Republican Member even asked, How are we going to undo that when we get into the majority? Here we are, the House Republicans' campaign platform took direct aim at this historic legislation. So we can vote on sham bills. We can look at what the D.C. City Council is doing; that is up to the majority to set that agenda. Our agenda is going to remain on lowering costs for Americans; that the issues they talk around their kitchen tables and worry about are the issues we are going to remain focused on. Mr. Speaker, I would ask the majority leader, will you commit to defending these cost savings, these true victories for our seniors?”