Political Quotes

“Well, Congressman, there are so many bad things about this bill. We could spend a lot more than an hour talking about it. The American people have had over 2 years to fully digest the bill that was crammed down their American throats by the 112th Congress. What the Republican House is doing is we are not going to make the same mistakes that they did. We had a President, we had a Speaker of the House, and we had a Senate that ignored the pleas and cries of the American people. Nonetheless, they passed a 2,700-page bill. There is nothing good in a 2,700-page bill. They did it under the cover of darkness. The former Speaker of the House said, ``You have to pass it before you'll know what's in it.'' We're not going to make those same mistakes. We're not going to repeat their failures. What we're going to do is we're going to listen to the American people. We're going to take their solutions so that we can address the care that they need from the doctor that they choose and at a price that they can afford. {time} 1730 There's some good things that are going to be coming forth. So I don't understand. Our colleagues on the other side are saying, Hey, this bill isn't perfect, but let's keep it and tweak it. There's no small fix to this bill. It is garbage. We have to throw it out and start over. But we're going to listen to the American people. And I think that's where they went wrong.…”