Political Quotes

“Since the gentleman asked the question, I am happy to answer it. Right there in the bill, $880 billion directed to the Energy and Commerce Committee as a floor to find savings. In other words, for cuts. There is only one place that can come from. Literally, if they cut 100 percent of everything else Energy and Commerce has purview over, it would still leave them hundreds of billions of dollars short. It has to come from Medicaid. It has to come from the ACA premiums because much like when Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed banks, he replied: Because that is where the money is. Likewise, in terms of the Energy and Commerce cuts, the $880 billion has to come from Medicaid because that is the only place you can find $880 billion. Don't be fooled by their rhetorical tricks. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from New Jersey (Mrs. Watson Coleman), a distinguished member of the Budget Committee.”