Political Quotes

“it is a strange thing when the President of the United States uses his veto pen. He does it so rarely. He has only used it on two issues. Once, when we tried to change the policy on the war in Iraq and tried to bring our troops home in a responsible manner, the President vetoed it. The second was on stem cell research. When we tried to open up this opportunity for medical research to save lives and spare suffering for American families, the President vetoed it--not once but twice. Today, the President used his veto pen for the fourth time. Unlike other vetoes, there were no television cameras, no reporters, no announcements made. Quietly, in his office, the President signed the veto of the children's health insurance measure. This children's health insurance measure is a program that has been in business for 10 years. It is a successful program, and it has strong bipartisan support in Congress. We started this program because 15 million kids in America did not have health insurance.”