Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I am sure what you are going to hear on the floor today is what you have heard in the past, these rumors that somehow those mean, nasty Republicans are going to cut Medicaid. It reminds me of what Groucho Marx once said: Who you going to believe, these claims or your lying eyes? This is the graph of what the Republican plan is for Medicaid spending over the next 10 years. This assumes that we actually get all the able-bodied, single people without children on Medicaid to agree to work 20 hours a week or volunteer at a church or train. It doesn't seem like too much. The average American thinks that is pretty reasonable. If we eliminate all the fraud, waste, and abuse--and there is plenty of it--we are left with at least a 25 percent increase in Medicaid over the next 10 years from the current spending level. Only in Washington could anyone claim that is a cut. Mr. Speaker, who are you going to believe, the claims or your lying eyes? ____________________”