Political Quotes

“Thank you so very, very much for making that clear. You go through all of these pieces of legislation, and the Democratic Caucus is there. On the other side of the aisle, on the Republican side, they're standing with Big Oil, big banks consistently, and the big health insurance industry. Now, let me make this point perhaps more clear, and that is, the Republican minority leader not only said that we ought to take on this issue of Wall Street reform as though it was some sort of a nuclear weapon killing an ant. He also talked about health care, and he said that if the Republicans take control of the Congress after this next election, if they win enough seats after this next election, they are going to do everything they possibly can to stop the Patients' Bill of Rights and other health reforms. They are out to repeal the reform that Americans desperately need so they can get affordable health insurance. They want to kill those reforms. They want to turn back women's opportunity to get an insurance policy and say, We don't care whether you have a preexisting condition; you are at the mercy of the health insurance company. If they deny you, that's your problem. You shouldn't have gotten sick in the first place. If you are a 23-year-old, you will lose the ability to be on your parents' benefits. That's what the Republican Caucus wants to do is to repeal all of the efforts of consumers and to build into this system a method of keeping us healthy. So, okay, whose side are you on?…”