Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield the gentleman from Massachusetts an additional 1 minute. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, they did nothing to lower the cost of prescription drugs. Then we had an election in November, and the big issue was healthcare. People didn't want to have their healthcare protections ripped away. And now, all of a sudden, they are converts, and they say they want to protect people's healthcare and expand healthcare protections. The bottom line is this: We are not perfect all the time, and we need to do better, but I believe that we are improving the process. I look forward to working with the gentleman, the ranking member from Oklahoma, to try to find ways forward. But on the legislation here today that we are going to consider, this is important legislation. This is historic legislation. Quite frankly, every Member of this House who wants to end discrimination in this country ought to support the Equality Act, and every Member of this House who wants to deal with the high cost of prescription drugs ought to support that bill as well. Madam Speaker, with that, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding.”