Political Quotes

“Mr. President, for 2\1/2\ days I have been listening to the same rhetoric. It sounds like deja vu. For 2\1/2\ days I have been listening to this. I have been giving extra time to the other side to speak. I have been hoping out of that I would get one constructive suggestion for what could be done with healthcare. It has all been criticism. It has been criticism against all cuts. Even tonight, after the bill was read here on the floor, I heard that we were changing Social Security. We are not changing Social Security. We can't change Social Security under the budget. I heard we were changing Medicare. We are not changing Medicare. I am not going to allow other time for that side. I will suggest that side of the aisle go and read the bill. I think it would be a worthwhile exercise. There isn't even Medicaid in there. You have threatened about what was going to be done about Medicaid. You talked about what was going to be done with Medicaid, but it is not based on fact. So take a look at the bill. Another way that this is deja vu is I remember being here on Christmas Eve when technical corrections were accepted from the other side, but you went ahead and passed the bill. We mentioned things that needed to be changed in the meantime, and we were told: No, no, that doesn't have to be done. It just needs more time. Well, we had more time, and there does need to be corrections. You keep talking about how the Republicans have ruined the insurance market.…”