Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, with last year's important health insurance reform law, we provided real guarantees to American families against insurance monopoly abuses. Today, Republicans tell these families, ``Forget the binding guarantees. We have 12 platitudes for you.'' This isn't a Republican prescription--this is a placebo. And for the American middle class, it's a very bitter pill indeed. Yesterday, House Republicans, in a remarkable measure, with one vote, decided to increase the national debt, reduce the solvency of the Medicare Trust Fund, raise insurance premiums, and charge seniors more for their health care. During the last 12 years that these Republicans were in charge, 6 of them with near total domination of the government here in Washington under the Bush-Cheney administration, they failed to enact even one of these 12 platitudes in this flimsy 2-page excuse of a bill. Twelve health care platitudes up now, missing in action for 12 years. Who wouldn't be for some of them? They are broad platitudes that propose something that they apparently kept hidden under a bushel for the last 16 years and now will unveil. Well, I think it will just be the same old tired, rejected, retread Republican proposals to give more income tax breaks to those at the top.…”