Political Quotes

“Madam President, yesterday, Republicans released the text of their plan to eviscerate Medicaid while cutting taxes for the ultrarich. The bill is as toxic as we all feared. With a straight face, Republicans are telling the American people that they want to cut taxes for the ultrarich by trillions of dollars and pay for it with the biggest cuts to Medicaid ever--the biggest cuts to Medicaid ever. If this bill becomes law, nearly 14 million Americans will lose their health insurance--again, the biggest cut to Medicaid in American history, 14 million losing their health insurance. Hospital after hospital will have to lay off tens of thousands of workers. Many of them may be forced to close, particularly in rural areas. Republicans promised for months they would protect Medicaid, but now Americans know the truth: Republicans never intended to keep that promise, and this confirms it. Almost 14 million Americans lose insurance. Millions more see their premiums go up. Hospitals from one end of America to the other will close. Thousands will lose their jobs. Millions will lose their access to healthcare. Kids will suffer. Seniors suffer. Healthcare workers will lose their jobs. Americans with disabilities get hurt. And rural Americans are left to fend for themselves. Hospitals and nursing homes will shutter. States will scramble with their budgets. And American families are left out to dry. And why? Tax cuts for the billionaires.…”