Political Quotes

“I am here to talk straight with you and with the American people and my constituents about this tax plan that is being worked on by my Republican colleagues. It will explode the deficit. It will also hurt every single person in this country by making the biggest cuts to Medicaid and to food benefits ever. I want to make clear, as I talk about this, how reckless it is and that even people who do not rely on Medicaid themselves will be impacted by this. I am outraged. We are talking about a cut of $715 billion to Medicaid. That is the largest cut ever. It will kick 13.7 million Americans off of their health insurance. Let's just be really clear about why they are doing this. This isn't to balance the budget. It is not to deal with the deficit. In fact, this bill is exploding the deficit. This is to pay for a gigantic tax break for the wealthiest people in this country a la Elon Musk. It is morally bankrupt to think about that, that transfer, about taking healthcare away from the people in my district and across this country and transferring it to the wealthiest Americans. It is also fiscally reckless. Doing this will essentially collapse our healthcare system in the United States of America.”