Political Quotes

“Dolores Sweeney, from my district, works for an insurance company that doesn't provide health care for her or her children. She earns a paycheck, not a welfare check. She has three children and would like to buy private health care, but can't afford to do so. Dolores Sweeney's children are on SCHIP, and without the SCHIP program they would go without health care, or she would have to go without a job. Our bill does right by Dolores Sweeney and the other 10 million children from working families. I believe that you care about the poor, but I wonder why you voted to cut $8 billion from Medicaid. I believe that you think this is excessive cost, but you never said that about the $680 billion for Iraq, no questions asked. And I believe that you say that this is a taxpayer-funded government-run health care, just like the health care your kids get in the Federal Government program. This is exactly that. I believe the sincerity of your positions; but time and again, when it came to standing up for poor kids, you cut Medicaid. When it came to excessive cost, you provided $680 billion for the war in Iraq. And when it comes to government-funded health care, if it's good enough for your kids, it's good enough for Dolores Sweeney's children.”