Political Quotes

“It sounds like we have fixed that. Thank you. As I was saying, while these bills include ideas from both Republicans and Democrats, it shouldn't surprise people that in an area as complex as this, there are going to be some disagreements along the way. But that is what we do here: We work through those disagreements and try to build consensus. While I know that it is only a bipartisan bill that has any chance at all to make its way to the President's desk for his signature, Speaker Pelosi appears to have a different approach. House Democrats want to replace our free-market healthcare system with the heavyhanded government approach that puts us on a path to socialized medicine. They want to allow the government to set prices and put bureaucrats at the center of our healthcare system, instead of patients. The Speaker's plan is just the latest example of a partisan messaging document masquerading as legislation, and it has absolutely no chance-- zero, zip, nada--of passing the Senate or becoming law. In contrast, the ideas we have been working on would lower out-of- pocket costs by increasing competition and transparency, while stopping the bad actors who try to game the system. Unlike the House, we have been considering bills that have broad bipartisan support, as I said, which means they have the potential to actually become law, to get something done.…”