Political Quotes

“Eli Lilly is a special case. You will remember when we passed the homeland security bill to keep America safe from terrorism, someone stuck in a special provision that helped that drug company, which is based out of Indianapolis, IN. There was, I guess, embarrassment all around when it was discovered. Many times, these provisions are stuck in a bill in the hopes nobody will find them. Well, they were found and many people objected to that on the floor. If the Senator will remember, we had a vote on this issue. Several Republican Senators said they were embarrassed that a drug company would get a special break in the homeland security bill, which had nothing to do with homeland security, and it was going to come out soon. Despite that momentary embarrassment, the fact is that Eli Lilly is front and center in the White House when special interest groups are called in to have a preview of the President's State of the Union Address. That is troubling. I hope the press will ask those who made this decision whether they have not compromised the integrity of that institution as relates to the State of the Union Address. Why in the world is the President letting this happen? I know what is going to be said tonight. The President is going to speak to us about Iraq. I think it bears repeating, as I said last week, America's future is about more than Baghdad. It is about the challenges that moms and dads across America worry about every single day. It is about more than Iraq.”