Political Quotes

“Thank you very much, Ms. Speier. I really appreciate you bringing the women's issue to this. The last 3 years of my mother-in-law's life were spent in our home as she went through the process of Alzheimer's. And it is, indeed, a women's issue. Two-thirds, as you say, are women. And we experienced that. Fortunately, for us, it worked out very well for us and our family. But we are not unique, and while our experience was sad but good in some ways, that is not always the case. This is a huge, huge burden. Not only are the women the ones who suffer, but the women are often the ones who care for those who have it. So I thank you so much. I notice my friends from the east coast have joined us. We often do an east-west thing here. My two friends are debating who is going to go first. Mr. Fattah, why don't you go first, and we will go from there.”