Political Quotes

“we are only a little more than a week away from having to vote on a secret Republican healthcare bill, according to the timelines given by the majority leader to the press-- just 1 week away from voting on legislation that will reorder one-sixth of our economy and impact every single American in this country, and not a soul in America has seen it. I have never seen a more radical or reckless legislative process in my time in politics--write the bill in secret; discuss it in secret; send it to the CBO in secret; then rush it to the floor with no committee hearings, no amendments, and just 10 hours of debate for the minority. That is not how America ever got big things done. That is not how we do big things like healthcare in the Senate. That is hardly how we do small things, and my Republican friends know it. Republican Senator Bill Cassidy, of Louisiana, said: ``I've always said I would have preferred a more open process.'' Republican Senator Murkowski, from Alaska, said: ``If I'm not going to see a bill before we have a vote on it, that's just not a good way to handle something that is as significant and important as health care.'' I couldn't have said it better myself. Republican Senator Moran said: ``My hope is that we treat the bill seriously, that we have hearings, that we have witnesses.…”