Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, last night we watched the President and the House Republicans scramble to achieve political points at the expense of the American people, working through the night. Imagine if they worked this hard on a jobs bills or a bill that raised family incomes or a bill to rebuild our infrastructure. But instead they are trying to pass a tax cut for the rich disguised as a healthcare bill, a bill that will require us to provide big, gigantic tax cuts. To do that, they impose higher costs on families, higher premiums, higher deductibles. They strip 24 million hardworking Americans from health care, including 60,000 Rhode Islanders. They impose a crushing age tax. They steal from Medicare, and they will destroy nearly 2 million jobs, all so they can give the wealthiest Americans and the most powerful special interests a big, huge tax cut. Shame on President Trump. Shame on the Republicans. This is wrong for our country. We can do better than this. We need to protect access to health care, not rob millions of Americans from health care. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro). Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, the healthcare proposal proposed by President Trump and Speaker Ryan raises premiums and deductibles. It imposes an age tax on older Americans, making their health care unaffordable. It throws millions--24 million--Americans off of their insurance.…”