Political Quotes

“Sitting here listening to both sides makes me wonder just what is this amendment doing. One group of Senators gets up and says it is not doing anything, it is tail-end loaded, or something, even though it is entitlements and we are changing the law permanently so it is not doing enough. But on the other side it is going to destroy health care; it is such a big, big change in things; it is a dramatic using up of resources that are going to be needed for health care. Mr. President, I do not think we can have it both ways. The truth of the matter is a tiny, tiny morsel of the savings that come from health care reform, as the President desired, will go to deficit reduction under this amendment, the amount being $20 billion. We will be spending $1.6 trillion, and the Senator's amendment is $20 billion over 4 years.”