Political Quotes

“first, I thank my friend from Indiana, Senator Donnelly, for his remarks this afternoon and also for his efforts to help to protect and preserve Medicaid so that hundreds of thousands of people in our States and across the country can continue to live in the community. I want to point out that today is the 27th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This legislation, known as the Americans with Disabilities Act, is 27 years old. It is a piece of legislation that both recognizes and guarantees the rights of people with disabilities. It is, at its heart, a civil rights bill, one that promotes and promises liberty and freedom for people with disabilities--the liberty and freedom that all Americans are promised, that our founding documents guarantee, and that we in the Senate are charged with protecting for all citizens. We should be celebrating the liberty and freedom of people with disabilities, but instead of having a celebration of the Americans with Disabilities Act on this anniversary day, the Senate Republican bill-- which, I guess, is basically the House bill that we are on right now-- threatens that freedom and threatens that liberty that was accorded in the Americans with Disabilities Act with regard to those with disabilities. Now, I have heard a lot of speeches on this floor by my Republican colleagues about freedom and liberty in the context of healthcare--lots of speeches about both of those words.…”