Political Quotes

“Madam Chair, very often, we take very serious votes on this floor, but this vote is a deadly serious vote. This is a vote about life and death. I represent just slightly over 780,000 constituents. Out of those 780,000 constituents, 524,000 of them are Medicaid recipients, and over 100,000 of them are Medicare recipients, so over 600,000 of the 780,000 constituents who I represent receive either Medicaid or Medicare. In addition to that, there are 263,000 households that receive food stamps. This bill would put their lives and health in danger, Madam Chair. This is about life and death. As the Republican majority proposes to cut Medicaid across this country to give a massive $4.5 trillion, with a capital T, trillion- dollar cut in taxes to the very rich, who would that go to? Fifty percent of that will go to the shareholders. Forty-four percent of that tax cut will go to high-end executives. The fat cat executives are going to get this money, and working-class and even middle-class people are going to get stiffed with the cuts. This is about life and death. It is not a simple piece of legislation that we will pass. There are diabetics who will see the price of insulin go up. There are people with renal problems and cardiovascular problems. Madam Chair, this is about life and death. Vote ``no'' on this bill.”