Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I want to preface my remarks today by asking that you convey to your wingman, Senator John McCain, our colleague, our best wishes and our hope that he is on his way to a speedy recovery and will be back here because we need him. We need his wisdom. I want to thank Tim Kaine for the leadership that he and Senator Shaheen are showing to help us try to stabilize the marketplaces. Senator Hassan and I have talked a lot about this. What do we do now? I think this is an opportunity. This is an opportunity here. I realize there is a fair amount of confusion as to which path to take and which way to go. I hope we don't waste this opportunity. I sent a message to the new chairman of the National Governors Association and to the new vice chairman of the National Governors Association. Brian Sandoval from Nevada is the new chair and the Governor from Nevada, previously the vice chair, and Steve Bullock from Montana is the vice chair. One is a Republican, and the other is a Democrat. I sent them a message this morning saying that it would be good to hear from the Governors. They have been working on a bipartisan letter--they have been working on it for a while--and this is really the time it could make a positive impact. We have three people sitting here--four of us--who used to be part of the National Governors Association. I loved it, and I am sure Senator Kaine, Senator Hassan, and Senator Shaheen loved it as well.…”