Political Quotes

“I want to first commend Chairman Upton, Ranking Member Pallone, Congresswoman DeGette, and Ranking Member Gene Green of Texas for their outstanding support and leadership on this. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, which will help advance the discovery, development, and delivery of new treatments and cures for patients and will foster private sector innovation here in the United States. I have a whole list of people I would like to thank. I will provide that for the Record. I especially want to thank legislative counsel for their tireless efforts, the healthcare staff of the Congressional Budget Office, and the outstanding team on Energy and Commerce. They have been fantastic, working 24/7. Mr. Chairman, H.R. 6 was reported from Energy and Commerce Committee by a vote of 51-0 and advances conservative and fiscal and regulatory reforms. Every dollar of advanced appropriations in the bill, which will sunset at the end of FY 2020, is offset by other permanent reforms, including billions of dollars in mandatory entitlement savings in Medicare and Medicaid. This is no ordinary spending, like the kind we usually see in entitlement spending such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and ObamaCare. This mandatory spending is for 5 years only, and then it sunsets. This mandatory spending is fully paid for with mandatory spending cuts elsewhere that will not stop in 5 years, but are permanent reforms resulting in real savings.…”