Political Quotes

“We have no additional speakers at this time. I am prepared to close after the gentleman closes. Mr. McGOVERN. I yield myself the balance of my time, and I will take this opportunity to close my side of the debate, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, let me begin by thanking all of those who have been involved in this compromise, especially Speaker Boehner and Leader Pelosi. I want to thank Mr. Burgess. I want to thank all of the members of the Energy and Commerce Committee. I am grateful to the staffs of all of the relevant committees for all of the work that they have put into this. I especially want to acknowledge the incredible work of the staff who works in the Office of Legislative Counsel. They don't always get thanked, but they do so much of the work around here, not only on important and complicated legislation like what we are debating here today, but on all legislation, so we are grateful to them. I don't really know what else to say here except that I am happy we are doing something, and I am happy that we are actually putting forward a bill, a bipartisan bill, that will help a lot of the people who most need help. As Mr. Burgess said, in reality, this bill is about access, making sure our senior citizens have the access to the doctors and to the health care that they want. We are making that possible through this bill, as well as helping countless children and low-income families and supporting our community health centers.…”