Political Quotes

“Today I rise in full support of the legislation to reform health care before us. It is, indeed, a historic opportunity for the American people to begin the necessary process of fixing a failing and broken health care system that is costly and denies basic health care to many, to 48 million Americans in this country. It is also a tremendous building block for the care of people in this country in the future and to begin to rein in the greed of private insurance companies that continue to raise premiums at the expense of the American people. This legislation has very good aspects in it. One of them is, finally, after 10 years of neglect by a Republican majority and administration, Indian health care is part of this legislation, and this health care brings necessary and increased resources to Indian Country. We begin to deal with health disparities in this legislation, which we have not done in the past. I am proud to support this legislation. It is not just a step forward; it is a historic leap into bringing to the American people a necessary reality, which is health care.”