Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, we do have the best health care in the world, but it has problems, and it has challenges. Really one of the most frustrating things for me is to try to address how the Federal Government is a good or bad partner in all the different aspects of health care. A lot of my colleagues have spent a lot of time talking about the prescription drug benefits in this plan, but there are some other benefits in this package that I also want to make sure that we highlight and address. One is, of course, a little self-serving, is my own piece of legislation, H.R. 4013, which we are going to include, the Rare Diseases Act. Being the sponsor of the bill, it encourages better treatment, better diagnostic procedures and cures for large numbers of rare diseases and disorders. These are diseases that are very catastrophic to the individual; but in terms of the number of population, it is based upon a large population of the country, it is a very small percentage.”