Political Quotes

“I rise in strong opposition to the nomination of Congressman Tom Price to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services. My opposition to Mr. Price has less to do with his well-known, extreme, rightwing economic views than it has to do with the hypocrisy and dishonesty of President Trump. The simple truth is, Congressman Price's record is the exact opposite of what President Trump promised to working families and for senior citizens all over this country. If President Trump had run his campaign for President by saying: OK, Americans, I am going to cut Social Security, and I am going to cut Medicare, and I am going to cut Medicaid, and I am going to put together a Cabinet that will do just that, I think Congressman Price would have been the perfect candidate for Secretary of HHS, but that is not the kind of campaign Donald Trump ran. He ran a campaign in which he said over and over again: I am a different type of Republican. I am not going to cut Social Security, I am not going to cut Medicare, and I am not going to cut Medicaid. Yet he has nominated individuals like Congressman Price, who have spent their entire career doing the exact opposite of what Donald Trump promised the American people he would do. If Mr.…”