Political Quotes

“I think it is important to understand the burden that this legislation does place on our economy at a time when we ought to be focused on jobs. I know when I go home on the weekends, I encounter many of my constituents. I get to see them at the Safeway or the Home Depot. I have to tell you, quite frankly, and I don't understand why the President and the majority don't get this message, but they do not come up to me and say: Congressman, when are you going to fix health care? I'm deeply worried about it. What they come up to me and say is: Congressman, what are you doing about this economy? I need a job. My son just graduated from college, and he can't get a job. That is where they are. But one of the issues I want to focus on in this hour goes to how we propose to pass this legislation because I think it shows that we are not a functioning institution and are not doing what the people want, and that they have reason to be, quite frankly, very upset with us.”