Political Quotes

“let me thank my colleagues for coming to the floor and speaking on behalf of Native Americans and the Indian Health Service, its shortcomings and challenges that it creates for us. I don't have an Indian reservation in my State, but I certainly have visited these Indian reservations in other States and believe we have an ongoing responsibility--social and moral responsibility--to those who were in this country long before many of our ancestors and who have not been treated fairly many, many times when it comes to the poverty they face in this country and the challenges they face. It is as bad as or worse than any other group in America. We can do better, and we need to start with the Indian Health Service and health services. I thank my colleagues for raising that issue. Mr. President, it is interesting, this is a historic week in the Senate because we have been engaged in a debate for weeks about what to do about healthcare in America. The Senate, of course, is under the majority control of the Republicans, as the House of Representatives is, and, of course, with a Republican President. They all came to Washington at the beginning of this year and said: The first thing we want to do is to repeal ObamaCare. We have said it for 6 years. We are finally going to do it. We are going to get rid of ObamaCare, the Affordable Care Act, once and for all. They set out to do it in a variety of ways.…”