Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. I think we are probably pretty close to closing. I would say this, Mr. Speaker. I think the American people are in the process of making a judgment. On our side, we see things as pretty positive in terms of the response to the policies that we have been adopting without any significant help from our Republican colleagues, but they will have a chance to vote and decide. We have passed legislation, as we said we would do, for the people-- not for the sake of politics but for the sake of children, families, the young and old, and, yes, even the rich and poor. I want to comment because I urge my Republican friends to be precise in their conversations with the American public. There are not 80,000 revenue auditors or agents included in this bill that we talked about on bringing inflation down and which economists say will bring inflation down. Our Republican friends say they want to do that, but they vote against bills that will bring down demonstrably, and without possibility of denial, costs for people, health costs for people, prescription drug costs for people, insulin, which costs about--it is single figures, and we capped it at $35. That is about 400 percent profit, but they are now paying $300 or $400 or $500. Now, luckily, because we could pass it with Democrats, seniors won't be paying that. They will be capped at $35.…”