Political Quotes

“I wish to take just a couple of minutes this morning to respond to some of the comments made by the Senator from Oklahoma. Clearly, he is very passionate about Indian health care and making sure that we do right by our treaty obligations and that we do right by all American Indians and Alaska Natives when it comes to their health care needs. He cited some of the obvious. Unfortunately, the statistics are real. In fact, the statistics may be even more devastating than he has indicated because we know that a lot of times our statistics aren't as reliable as we may want, and, in fact, they are worse than what we have seen. When he spoke to prenatal care, when he spoke to the incidence of diabetes and substance abuse and suicides, we know they are horrific statistics. We recognize we must do more. I, too, applaud him for bold action, for reform in a system that has been unwieldy and bureaucratic and stovepiped in so many areas.”