Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, this week we will consider the most important bill that this House will consider in this Congress. Every day we are hearing from more and more Republican Members of this House and of the Senate who oppose--who oppose--who oppose--the dangerous healthcare bill on the floor this week. Just yesterday, conservative Republican Representative Justin Amash tweeted the following--a very conservative Republican from the mid-part of our country said this: ``While I've been in Congress, I can't recall a more universally detested piece of legislation than this GOP healthcare bill.'' Or health no care bill. This is just the most recent in a long list of statements by Republicans on the demerits--demerits--of the bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act. It is interesting that they have named it the American Health Care Act. The only thing they struck from our title was ``affordable.'' It should tell you something about the bill. They replace it with a system that requires Americans to pay more and get less. This bill has been rushed through the committees without a single public hearing--not one, no testimony or expert view. And when the committees marked it up, it did not have what we call a CBO score. That is simply Washington-speak for the agency that is nonpartisan, bipartisan, with the Director appointed by the Republicans to give us the advice of the consequences of the enactment of such legislation.…”