Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the distinguished gentleman, my good friend from the great State of California (Mr. Huffman), for his tremendous leadership and for pushing back against this bill. Mr. Speaker, I urge a strong ``no'' against this silly, small-minded, and sycophantic piece of legislation. When the American people woke up this morning, they could reasonably ask the question: What are their elected Representatives on the floor of the House of Representatives going to be debating? In an environment where the Trump tariffs are costing them thousands of dollars more per year, Republicans are crashing the economy in real time, costs are being raised on hardworking American taxpayers, and Republicans are driving us toward a painful recession, what might Members of Congress under this temporary Republican majority be debating on the floor today? Would it be legislation about the economy? Would it be something about healthcare? Would it be anything about Social Security? Perhaps it is something on public safety. Maybe it is national security matters. It could be anything to bring the American Dream to life for hardworking American taxpayers. No, what Republicans have decided to spend this entire legislative day doing is to debate a bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico. In some ways, I guess the American people can be thankful. This week, what Republicans were going to try to do was visit upon the American people the largest Medicaid cut in American history. Mr.…”