Political Quotes

“despite all Senate Republican leaders' efforts to keep this mean bill hidden from public view, patients and families know the truth. This legislation would cause families' healthcare costs to spike. It will gut Medicaid, and it will deny tens of millions of people their healthcare coverage. It will defund Planned Parenthood and take away critical healthcare services that women and men rely on, especially in our rural areas where it is already hard enough to get the care you need. TrumpCare would also completely pull the rug out from under patients with preexisting conditions. I could go on. I hope every one of my colleagues joins me in voting against this awful legislation, but this vote is far from the last time Senate Republicans need to reject TrumpCare, if they are really serious about protecting patients and families from the damage it would do, because if any version of this awful bill leaves the Senate, extreme Republicans in the House are going to do everything they can to make it even more damaging--and anyone who believes differently is refusing to see the writing on the wall. I urge my Democratic and Republican colleagues to vote against this bill and every other version of it that we are going to see in the coming hours and days. Mr. President, I yield back all of our time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is all time yielded back? The Senator from Washington.”