political mastery and capital. we are on the verge of making great history for the american people, and in doing so, we will make great progress for them as well. she knows how to count votes in the house and play the game in the house like few other people have. and to keep people with her in terms of handing out committee assignments, subcommittee assignments, contracts, things that only a speaker really has the power to do. we re not going to let any barrier stand in the way. and if there is a barrier, we will go up the fence, we will go push open the gate. if that doesn t work, we ll climb the fence. if that doesn t work, we ll pole vault in. if that doesn t work, we ll parachute in. but we re not letting anything stand in the way of our passing the affordable care act. but just days before a final vote, a mutiny erupted within pelosi s own party. coming up she basically said, if we don t stick together, it s not going to pass.
we are on the verge of making great history for the american people, and in doing so, we will make great progress for them as well. she knows how to count votes in the house and play the game in the house like few other people have. and to keep people with her in terms of handing out committee assignments, subcommittee assignments, contracts, things that only a speaker really has the power to do. we re not going to let any barrier stand in the way. and if there is a barrier, we will go up the fence, we will go push open the gate. if that doesn t work, we ll climb the fence. if that doesn t work, we ll pole vault in. if that doesn t work, we ll parachute in. but we re not letting anything stand in our way of passing the affordable care act. but just days before a final vote, a mutiny erupted within pelosi s own party. coming up she basically said, if we don t stick together, it s not going to pass. of a lifetime. it s progressive on ice.
[ applause ] we are on the verge of making great history for the american people and in doing so, we will make great progress for them as well. she knows how to count votes in the house and play the game in the house like few other people have. and to keep people with her in terms of subcommittee assignments, contracts, things that only a speaker really has the power to do. we re not going to let any barriers stand in the way. if there is a barrier, we will go up the fence, we will push open the gate. if that doesn t work, we ll climb the fence. if that doesn t work, we ll pole vault in. if that doesn t work, we ll parachute in, but we re not letting anything stand in the way of our passing the affordable care act. but a mu ttiny e represented within pelosi s own party. she basically said, if we don t stick together, it s not going to pass. n t stick togethet going to pass.
hear president obama s new slogan, halt, this works, that s the new slogan. kill the bill! kill the bill! kill the bill! health care, what do you want, health care! we are on the verge of making great history for the american people and in doing so, we will make great progress. if the american people are saying stop and they re screaming at the top of their lungs. there ain t no rules around here. we make them up as we go along. stop obama care! stop the socialist agenda. you were one of the people on the democratic side who said this health care bill stinks and now are voting for it. and? we will work hard every hour until this vote is taken to ensure that we can produce 38 no votes on the other side of the aisle. health care for all! we can have a process where obama snaps his fingers and gets what he wants, but that s not how the discussion is set up. this is a sledgehammer that s going to destroy the greatest
the best for all americans is to have 32 million more people to have health insurance in our country. the best for our country is to have $1.3 trillion in deficit reduction so we are not heaping on mountains of debt. the best for our country is to hold the insurance companies accountable and not let them come between patients and their doctors. we are on the verge of making great history for the american people. in doing so, we will make great progress for them, as well. the president has said over and over, we will measure our own success on the progress that has been made by america s working families. that is our responsibility and we will honor it when we vote on health care reform.