Political Quotes

“We brought a bill to the floor that the gentleman spoke about that prohibited pay for delay, prohibited drug companies from paying generics not to bring their drugs to the market so that drug prices would be lower for consumers. Mr. Speaker, of the 194 Republicans, maybe even 98 Republicans--I don't know how many were elected at that point in time--5 of them voted for it, 190 voted against it. Mr. Scalise also said that we wanted to protect that no one with a preexisting condition would be denied healthcare. Five Republicans voted for that bill. Six years, the Republicans, Mr. Speaker, were in charge, totally. There was no effort to bring a bill to this floor to bring drug prices down. And, in fact, Americans know drug prices didn't come down. The President was a Republican, the House was Republican, the Senate was Republican. They didn't bring a bill to the floor, Mr. Speaker. Two of the three proposals in our bill are also in the Grassley bill. And, Mr. Speaker, we are going to have regular order. We have introduced a bill, it is going to go to committee, it is going to be subject to amendment, it is going to be subject to debate, it is going to be subject to hearings. Now, we will see whether it is a bipartisan process. Because, very frankly, the record of bipartisanship when the Republicans were in charge is pretty absent. Of the 19 major bills that we passed, we got 618 Republican votes, so they weren't too partisan.…”