Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Oklahoma and the gentleman from New York for yielding time, and I respect the amount of work they have put into this legislation. Mr. Speaker, I rise, without surprise to anyone in this room, in opposition to the legislation. I keep hearing this phrase: ``this bill provides.'' I keep hearing my colleagues saying this. But this bill doesn't provide anything. The American people provide. This bill borrows, and it borrows at a time when we can't afford to borrow more. Our Nation is $23 trillion in debt, now racking up more than $100 million of debt per hour. We haven't figured it all out yet, but it appears this bill spends $50 billion more than 2019 spending levels. Don't worry, everybody will go back home and campaign on a balanced budget amendment that has no prayer of passage. This bill is filled with massive policy changes that we should debate and vote on individually. It has a bailout for Big Insurance cloaked as tax relief. It embraces the very partial ObamaCare repeal that Republicans have argued props up ObamaCare, yet they now embrace. The bill changes the tobacco age nationwide, turning federalism on its head, with nary a whimper from Republicans who like to talk about the 10th Amendment in speeches back home. The bill extends the big giveaway to huge corporations like Boeing in the form of Ex-Im for 7 years. The bill funds bureaucrats who wish to target your Second Amendment rights. It funds abortion through ObamaCare plans.…”