Political Quotes

“before my colleague from Oregon leaves, I want to ask him a question. I am reminded, in 2009 and 2010, as we were working on the Affordable Care Act, that the HELP Committee held 14 bipartisan roundtables, 13 bipartisan hearings, 20 bipartisan walkthroughs on healthcare reform. The HELP Committee then considered nearly 300 amendments and accepted more than 160 Republican amendments, and the Finance Committee--where my colleague is the ranking member--held 17 roundtables, summits, and hearings on the topic. The Finance Committee also held 13 member meetings and walkthroughs, 38 meetings and negotiations, for a total of 53 meetings on healthcare reform. During its process, the Finance Committee adopted 11 Republican amendments. Don't you find it particularly ironic that we are seeing this TrumpCare legislation being pushed through on the House side--and what we are hearing, the rumors about what is going to happen in the Senate is it is not going to have any hearings and it is going to be brought to the floor and we are expected to vote on it without having a chance for the public to know what is in it.”