Political Quotes

“I come to the floor tonight to join my colleagues to raise concern about a proposed Senate healthcare bill that might move through the U.S. Senate, as my colleagues are pointing out, without a hearing, without attention to details, actually almost in secret. I guess it would be secret--if we didn't know exactly what was in the House bill, it would be even more secret. People have said it is probably going to be 80 percent of what is in the House bill. I can tell you, I agree with President Trump. That was a mean bill. So if it is just 80 percent mean, I guarantee it is still going to be mean. I say that because I have been at home listening to my constituents, and they do not appreciate it one bit. If you are Harborview Medical Center and you are a public hospital and you are going to cut $627 million out of their budget because of your cap on Medicaid and you are going to leave a regional hospital without resources, they are mad. If you are talking about children's hospitals and they see children who are on Medicaid and they are not going to be able to see those children or get coverage, they are mad. Just Saturday I was with veterans in Vancouver, WA. People don't understand, but veterans of the United States of America do not get all of their healthcare coverage through the VA. They get it with Medicaid at individual clinics for services.…”