REP. STENY HOYER (D-MD): "This bill and the other bill are not real. They are purely partisan politics. They have nothing to do with reality. That, my friends and Mr. Speaker, the American people ought to know that is the truth. These bills take time [on the House Floor] with no effect, and everybody in this House, the Majority Leader and 434 of the rest of us know these bills are going nowhere."
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HOYER: "Isn't it a shame when millions of Americans have no health care, when millions of Americans have no jobs, when people are being furloughed in the defense sector, undermining the security of our country in Virginia and in Maryland, undermining our national security, that we spend our time here on this Floor with 'gotcha' politics, with no expectation whatsoever that either of these bills will ever become law? This is simply messaging."
"Ladies and Gentlemen, we really need to come together and talk about how we reasonably move forward. Speaker Boehner said when the President was re-elected, well, the Affordable Care Act is here. But you continue, you continue this very day to pretend you're going to repeal the Affordable Care Act. That's maybe what your constituents want. That's maybe good politics for you, but it's lousy substance. That's the truth. This is a gotcha vote."
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