Political Quotes

“this year the waiting list for organ transplants among Americans stands at more than 75,000. I rise to urge all Senators, and all Americans to become organ donors. I rise to introduce legislation to make it easier for individuals to donate and make it simpler to identify the decedents's donation wishes. I am pleased that Senators Collins, Biden, Clinton, Feingold, Feinstein, Johnson, and Inouye join me in this effort. Access to organ transplantation remains limited by the shortage of donated organs. Each day, an average of 17 people on the waiting list will die. And the waiting list is growing. In fact, since 1990 the number of men, women and children awaiting life-saving transplants has grown by at least 10 percent easy year. We need to move expeditiously to reduce these deaths due to the scarcity of willing organ donors. Every 14 minutes we do not act, another name is added to the national transplant waiting list.”