Political Quotes

“Of course, the gentleman was not here in 2009-2010 when this thing came down the pike, but you may remember the townhall meetings from that summer, that August of 2009, and they were pretty intense. We hear a lot about townhall meetings today, but I promise you they were every bit, if not more so, intense during August of 2009. When I look back on that, Mr. Carter, what I remember is really two things that people were asking. Yes, it wasn't nearly as long as what the Affordable Care Act ended up being, but still a thousand-page bill, people have to dig through it, have to understand it. And the two things that I took away from those townhall meetings back in the district were people were telling us, number one: Don't mess up what we have got. We have something, and it may be imperfect, but by golly, it is working for us and our families right now, so don't hurt that. The other thing they would ask is: If you are going to do anything at all, could you please help us with cost, because we are concerned about the cost of these products and we are concerned what the trajectory may be for the costs going up over time? I will just ask the gentleman from Georgia--since he was a citizen at that time, how does the gentleman from Georgia think we did with those two requests that were coming to us from our constituents? I use the term ``we'' advisedly. Obviously, I voted against that bill.…”