Political Quotes

“I know how much the gentlewoman cares about the future of our children and the Children's Health Insurance Program. I think of the Family Visiting program to help young parents. That is in our committee. I think about our crumbling roads and bridges and the fact that we need dollars to invest in them to keep our transportation system competitive. They agree on all these measures. They make speeches about them. The only thing is they don't want to put any money into them. They say we can't afford to do that. If we don't steal Medicare premium money to fund the Children's Health Insurance Program and use general revenue dollars, that will drive up the debt. At the same time, they are willing to drive the debt up trillions of dollars, they refuse to invest in people, or invest in our children and provide them the healthcare that they deserve. In short, this is a Christmas gift to those at the very top--and especially to the Trump family and his billionaire buddies and other real estate moguls who gain in the conference report. They get the Christmas gift. The American people, the middle class, get the gift wrapping, and that is it.”