Political Quotes

“I want to pick up on that Medicare question. Because when my friend said seniors want to live fuller lives, this is so true. That is where we are now. We have come such a long way with our health research and with our ability to take certain prescription drugs that help us live fuller lives; that when we look out into the future, with the demographic changes that are coming, this is our biggest challenge. How do we make sure that when we pass age 60, 65, 70, 75, we are living full lives? This tax bill turns its back on this whole matter by doing zero for Medicare. They can say: Oh, we left a whole lot of money over here, and we can possibly use it, but the fact is, it is zero for something we know is coming down the road at us and something that is very important. So it seems to me--and I would just ask my friend to comment; then I will yield the floor--that when we go home, assuming this Republican tax bill continues to roll--and from what we can tell it may well continue to roll right through--what will have been done will be bad for Medicare, bad for paying down the debt, and threatens this economy. Just listen to Alan Greenspan. He is the one my friends from the other side of the aisle have followed very religiously. Suddenly, Alan Greenspan gets up and says: You better not now. Don't stimulate this economy now. You could threaten recovery. They roll right over Alan Greenspan, and they are going to roll right over us.”