Flashback Quote of the Day

[DonViejo]

“I don’t think we should pass bills that we haven’t read that we don’t know what they cost.”

— Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), interviewed on MSNBC in 2009.

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https://politicalwire.com/2017/05/04/flashback-quote-day-9/

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GOP Rep.: ‘I Don’t Think Any Individual Has Read The Whole Bill’

By MATT SHUHAM Published MAY 4, 2017 11:29 AM

A Republican congressman admitted Thursday that he hadn’t read Republicans’ bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, despite announcing his intent to vote for it Wednesday.

“Oh, gosh, let’s put it this way, people in my office have read all the parts of the bill,” Rep. Tom Garrett (R-VA) told MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle. “I don’t think any individual has read the whole bill, but that’s why we have staff.”

Garrett earlier told Ruhle, referencing the passage of Obamacare, that “I have said all along that it was sort of hypocrisy for us to lament passing a bill to find out what’s in it and do the same thing.”

But he insisted members of Congress had “several months to sort of wrap our brains around this.”

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/tom-garrett-i-dont-think-any-individual-has-read-this-whole-bill