Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, this so-called American Health Care bill is a real Titanic of a sorry piece of legislation: It would sink 23 million Americans losing their health coverage; millions more who have a preexisting condition would face great barriers; it would undermine Medicare; it would provide price-gouging, Big Pharma manufacturers with a huge tax windfall, all as part of almost a trillion dollars in a tax cut--which is what their bill is really all about, not healthcare-- those benefits going to a few corporations and the superrich among us. Most every healthcare professional group in the country along with the AARP and the vast majority of Americans reject this bill. We would have even more people rejecting if it hadn't been hidden, if even one administration official had had the courage to come and be held accountable for this bill in a public hearing. But, apparently, we will not have that anywhere in this Congress before this huge bill is approved. The American people are locked on board this sinking ship. Our insurance markets are already taking on water from Trump sabotage, and disaster looms in front of us. This is not a Verify First bill that we take up today; it is a patch on this sinking Titanic ship. It is not a Verify First; it is a ``Vilify First'' our immigrants, and it is really just the next chapter in Trump's anti-immigrant crusade, which he tweets about on a regular basis. Our Republican colleagues celebrate this Immigrant Heritage Month, June.…”