On the recordMarch 23, 2017
We are here to discuss the rule for voting on TrumpCare, or RyanCare, or whatever they are calling it today, based on whoever is willing to put their name to it. But we learned upon arrival at work that the rules are that there are no rules. It is ``Lord of the Flies Day'' here in the House of Representatives. They want to make us vote on a bill that no one has even read. No one can find it. Anything goes. The whole process has been a disaster, a debacle, a mockery of democracy--no hearings, no witnesses, no experts, no process, no deliberation, and now no bill even. But the American people are saying ``no way.'' The polls show people are turning dramatically against that wreck of legislation that is missing in Washington today. Yesterday, we heard about the Buffalo Bribe, the Hudson Hustle, the Kinderhook Kickback, every manner to try to round up votes from Members who know their political careers are in danger for going anywhere near this bill. What do they propose to do? What we know is they want to kick 24 million Americans off their health care, destroy Planned Parenthood, and transfer $600 billion up the wealth ladder in the United States. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the gentleman from Maryland.
