Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, propagandists have said that if one repeats a lie often enough, people will soon believe the lie and not the truth. My colleagues are entitled to their own opinion but not to their own facts or rewriting history. I want to repeat some comments from my Texas colleague, Mr. Brady, who spoke earlier in this debate. Republicans support children, seniors, and patients with preexisting conditions. Republicans created the popular Children's Health Insurance Program that millions of families rely on today. Republicans created the prescription drug program in Medicare to help seniors get the medicine they need. Republicans created the first law that established protection for patients with preexisting conditions. That law, passed in 1996, is the Health Insurance and Portability Act of 1996. We want people to have access to high-quality, affordable healthcare that fits their needs and make their own choices, not what Speaker Pelosi demands for them. Madam Speaker, the devastating effects of COVID-19 are still being felt across our Nation, yet today Democrats are spending time pushing a deeply flawed, partisan bill that is being used to score cheap political points instead of working on bipartisan solutions like lowering drug costs, ending surprise billing, and getting our economy back on its feet. We are left with H.R.…”