Political Quotes

“I heard that just this morning. We had a number of county commissioners from Wyoming here in Washington. They were at a speech yesterday given by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and she told these county commissioners, this group from all around the country, we need to first pass the bill so then later the American people will know what is in it. She said this to them and they laughed. They laughed at the Speaker of the House at this meeting yesterday because these are county commissioners. They know they are not going to vote on something the people in the community don't know about. The people in the community come, they want to know what is going to be discussed and then voted on. The people of America do not know what is in this bill. They know this bill is going to raise taxes by $500 billion. They know this bill is going to cut Medicare for our seniors who depend upon Medicare by another $500 billion. They know they are going to be paying for this thing for 10 years, but there are only 6 years of services. It is amazing how much the people of America know about the gimmicks of this bill that, in fact, those who are pushing the bill wish they didn't know. That is why three out of four Americans say stop. A quarter of them say stop, a quarter of them say stop and start over, and only a quarter of them support what is happening here.”