DPCC Co-Chair Dingell: The American People Can’t Wait for Better Infrastructure and Prescription Drug Prices
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, Co-Chair of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC), appeared on Cuomo Prime Time on CNN to stand up for the American people and their need for better infrastructure and lower prescription drug costs now. Dingell stated that House Democrats are moving ahead For the People to lower health care costs, rebuild America's infrastructure, and fight corruption in Washington. Below are excerpts from the interview. Click here to watch the video
"People want us to do something about the cost of prescription drugs. We got these roads and bridges falling apart, and we've got trade deals, which got him elected. The American people are getting tired of all this bickering. I think he got elected two years ago . . . because people were tired of the partisan bickering. They thought he would shake things up and be different. He needs to look at how people are looking at him right now, and he has to take responsibility. These are two equal branches of government, and he cannot say he's not going to work on problems that he said he was going to address two and a half years ago. It's going to be a problem for him."
"Nancy Pelosi is one strong, tough leader. And she's holding a caucus together. There are -- we have to follow the facts. And she is being calm and methodical about allowing the committee chairs to do their business, to follow the facts. There's a process, nobody is above the law. But I'll tell you, I'm in those meetings and she is very clear that we made promises to the American people that we would do something about healthcare, and about prescription drugs, and that we do something about infrastructure. So I think she's very focused. She knows that we have to do that and she is telling the committee chairs, get the bills out there so that the American people will see that we are moving things. And we did last week by the way."