Political Quotes

“I yield to my friend from California. Mr. McCARTHY. Right before your question, you said you had concerns with the offsets. The gentleman knows that I reached out to him, I don't know how many months ago, before a break, numerous times, right over on the floor on his side of the aisle, and I said: I am very concerned with what I am hearing on the Democratic side in the committee; I would like to get CHIP done early. And I asked for your assistance, and you helped. There is one higher position on your side of the aisle who called the Speaker numerous times and pretty much shut down your committee. So three times we were asked to delay, and we did. That is why, this week, I went back to all of you and said: Let's work out if you have a difference of opinion in pay-fors. It was not us who walked away from the table. It was the message I was delivered from the other side of the aisle. So I don't know why we are having this discussion. I don't know why you are asking these questions. It is you and your side of the aisle that have said no. It is us who said: Let's sit down and work this out. But let me walk through a few of the pay-fors so you understand them and so the American public can understand them, because I don't think they are controversial. We require health insurance companies to pay claims when they cover Medicaid enrollees while keeping Medicaid as the payor of last resort. Now, that saves $4 billion.…”