Political Quotes

“Mr. President, on May 4 of this year, there was a party at the White House, a celebration--a celebration that the House had passed TrumpCare. Indeed, the President wanted to invite people over and say what a great job they had done and what a great bill they had passed. He called it a ``great plan.'' He said the House plan was ``very, very incredibly well-crafted.'' That was on May 4--a party at the White House, a celebration--but what a difference a month can make. A week ago, on Tuesday, June 13, the President had another gathering, and at this gathering he said that the bill from the House was ``mean,'' and he went on to use a very derogatory phrase to describe it. So what happened between May 4 and June 13? Did the bill change in some way? Absolutely not. It had already been passed out of the House. Apparently what happened is that someone explained to the President what was in it, and he said: That is terrible. We can't do that. It is a mean bill. And he used other vivid language to say just how bad it was. What feature of the TrumpCare bill did the President get briefed on that made him say that it was mean? It certainly is a mean-spirited bill. It certainly is a hard-hearted bill. It certainly is destructive to the quality of life of millions and millions of Americans. So which aspect of the bill was he referring to? I asked that question of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, when he came to the Senate for a hearing last week.…”