Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. I want to thank Ms. DeLauro, the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. Mr. Speaker, this is the story in The Washington Post. It is front page. It is about the crisis that we confront, about the danger to Americans' health, about the dangers that young children will be born with microcephaly. Dr. Frieden, the head of our communicable disease operation and defense force, if you will, says it will cost $10 million per baby born with microcephaly; $10 million per child. That does not count the heartache that will be counted. I want to tell my friend, Mr. Cole--and he is a dear friend and a good legislator--the action you take today belies the representation you have made. What do I mean by that? If there is enough money now, as Mr. Cole argues, why take this action? This was not scheduled earlier this week. This was not have a rule until 9:30 last night. So if the gentleman's proposition is correct, that there are sufficient funds right now, we don't need to act on this bill today. So why, my friends, are we acting on it today? Because the public believes we ought to act. And the Republicans are trying to protect themselves against the attack, that they took no action until 94 days into the President's request because, if Mr. Cole is right, we need not worry: there is plenty of money available. But they know the American people don't agree with that.…”