Political Quotes

“I come to the floor to voice my concerns about the nomination of Alex Azar to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The American people deserve a Secretary of Health and Human Services who actually believes in the agency's work and mission, which is to help America's families, children, and seniors lead healthier and more productive lives. Nothing in Mr. Azar's record gives me any reason to believe he will do anything other than advance the Trump administration's mission to take healthcare coverage away from millions of Americans and leave everyone else with higher costs. Instead of working to help more families get the care they need, I fear he will devote most of his time to imposing a harmful, rightwing ideology on patients, on women, and on families. Mr. Azar will continue the Trump administration's reckless assault on the reproductive rights of women; he will support the far right's relentless war on science- and evidence-based health policy; and he will put the needs of powerful special interests ahead of patients and families. It is hard to believe the Trump administration has only been in office a year because already it has broken so many of the promises the American people were fed on the campaign trail. During his campaign, President Trump promised he would replace the Affordable Care Act with something truly great, something way better, but under President Trump's watch, things have only gotten worse.…”