Political Quotes

“It is the product of secrecy, of task forces meeting, working as a shadow government in this Capitol, to design a budget resolution. And if you had sat there from 10 in the morning until a little after 1 in the morning the next day as I have, you would understand why it has been necessary to conceive this budget resolution in secret, because the members of the Republican caucus have again broken their word. They have broken their word about having an open House, which they promised on the first day. And the reason it was so essential for them to operate in secrecy is that they are breaking their word to seniors across this country. They are coming after Medicare to the tune of almost $300 billion in cuts, directly out of the pockets of American seniors. Finally, after being pressed, they admitted that copayments are going up for American seniors and that many seniors will see a cut in their benefits.”