Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, what we have seen is the largest cut to Medicaid in American history. It is an effort to devastate Medicare. Of course, what this bill also does is strip away some of the coverage provided by the Affordable Care Act. Millions of people will lose their coverage as a result of this GOP tax scam. When you aggregate the assault on healthcare that is taking place, what we are likely to see is, at least, 13.7 million people are going to lose their healthcare in the United States of America. That is what we are fighting for. That is why we are a ``no,'' amongst several other reasons on this bill. It is an assault on the economy. It is an assault on healthcare. It is also an assault on nutritional assistance. Now, in the 1960s, the American people were shaken up and disturbed by images they saw after some investigations exposed the conditions of some people in America who were dealing with intense hunger in rural America, in underresourced communities, and communities of color, images of children with distended bellies, families rummaging through garbage in order to find food so they wouldn't starve. That is what eventually led to the creation of what is now the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program because the American people concluded that in this great country, not a single child should ever go hungry. That is our position.”