Political Quotes

“Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana is my friend and my colleague. We work together, and he is a real doctor--a real doctor. And what I have read about his medical career is that he treated people with limited income, and I respect him so much for doing that. Thank you for all that. I happen to disagree with his policy on this, and let me explain why. How far does $1,000 take you in medical bills? How far does $1,500 take you in medical bills? Well, I had a knee replacement last year. Do you know what the surgeon's bill was for that? It was $30,000. Mr. President, $1,000 doesn't take you very far in the 21st century. It didn't take you very far in the 20th century. And to have that as your fallback position to protect yourself--imagine a cancer diagnosis--a shocking cancer diagnosis. And you think: Well, thank goodness I have got $1,000 in the bank for treatment for cancer. That isn't going to work. To say that people are going to have money left over at the end of the day and this is what they really want doesn't reflect reality.”