Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I have only been on the floor a short time, but I am sure there have been the repeated opposition statements that: ``Oh, if only we could get agreement.'' ``If only we could do this, we would have a wonderful healthcare program.'' Madam Speaker, frankly, my friends on the other side of the aisle have had 12, 14 years, at least, to come up with a program. Madam Speaker, they did come up with a program, and they passed it through the House--they were in charge--and it went to the Senate. The Republicans were in charge of the Senate. When they passed it through the House, they all went down to the White House, and they had a big party. ``What a wonderful deal this is.'' Lo and behold, within 2 weeks, the President, who was extolling that bill, called it a ``mean'' bill. That is not me. That is the President of the United States about the bill that he was celebrating with his Republican colleagues. The Republicans talk a good game, but they don't play a game. It is not that they don't play a good game. They don't play a game. There is no bill coming from the President of the United States. Madam Speaker, last week, in the middle of the worst pandemic in our lifetimes, the Trump administration submitted briefs to the Supreme Court in support of a lawsuit by Republican-led States seeking to overturn the law that provides millions of Americans with access to affordable healthcare. They offer no substitute.…”