Political Quotes

“I appreciate the distinguished majority leader's comments about President Trump. I have been around Congress for 21 years, and I have never seen a President of either party lean more forward in trying to get down the cost of prescription drugs, to give taxpayers more of their hard-earned income, to get an economy up and running like we have never seen it before, to tackle the issue of unemployment and get unemployment numbers down to the lowest level in 50 years in every category all across the country, and to reduce the burdens of overregulation. President Trump has done all those things. He also has called for getting down the price of prescription drugs. I have been in several meetings where he has done that, and I share his passion for that, and I know he wants a bipartisan bill that can become law and be put on his desk. Everything you heard from the distinguished majority leader about President Trump's views are accurate, but he actually read H.R. 3. And if you read the Statement of Administration Policy, he recognizes that this goes too far and he would have to veto it, that it is a partisan- only bill--partisan only. And here is part of the problem with H.R. 3: It hands the government a club. There is no negotiation in here.…”