Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Chair, let me first say before my closing that my good friend and chair of the Budget Committee and I have worked closely together in opposition a lot of the time but actually in agreement some of the time with some real achievements, though not today. He said something that really interests me. There is this GAO report showing $5 trillion of fraud. I certainly would be interested in seeing that report. The size of the entire budget every year is only $6.5 trillion. How in the world is $5 trillion out of $6.5 trillion really fraud? I find it a little hard to believe. Mr. Chair, we are at a pivotal moment. I said at the beginning of this debate some 2\1/2\ hours ago that this budget resolution represents the Republican betrayal of the middle class. For the last 2\1/2\ hours, we have heard speaker after speaker on my side expose exactly why that is so. First and foremost, and I think most crucially, the $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid, the largest cuts in American history to Medicaid, why is that important? It is important because 72 million Americans rely on Medicaid. Another 20 million rely and get their healthcare through the Affordable Care Act. They are also at risk. We have heard further that, while those are the biggest cuts, there are even more. There are hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts to nutrition assistance, school lunch programs, Pell grants, and Head Start. The list goes on and on. Why is that?…”