Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the remarks of the majority leader. I presume that he has heard from--I don't have the quotes in front of me, but maybe I will bring them next week--the thousands of people who have said their lives have been saved by the Affordable Care Act; the thousands of parents with a child with a preexisting condition that, if the Republicans had succeeded in their 65 votes to repeal it, would not have been protected; the millions of seniors who are paying less for their prescription drugs because of the Affordable Care Act. {time} 1200 I could read all those letters. Why do I read the letters of Mr. Walden, Mr. Brady, and Speaker Ryan? Because they are in charge. All our constituents, on either side, had no opportunity to testify on this bill. But Speaker Ryan, Mr. Walden, and Mr. Brady could have given them that opportunity, and they chose not to. They rationalize it apparently because, well, we had hearings in the past. Does this bill have the subject matter of the ACA? It does. But this bill was offered just some, as I said, 90-or-so hours ago. And the leader says: Well, that is okay. It is based on all those hearings we had. The fact is this bill has not been brought forward for the last 7 years while there was a repeal for ACA. Why? We all know why. Mr. Speaker, it is because the majority could not come to an agreement, and they are not in agreement now.…”