Political Quotes

“Let me skip forward here. Despite the President's own recognition of this problem, we have not taken this plan forward. There are do-nothings who think that if we do not act, Medicare will be secure. Actually, the do-nothings are the ones who are making Medicare's future unstable. It is those who have taken the responsibility to stand up and recognize this problem and be free and open in debate and honest with the American people who are the ones who have had the courage to go forward. Yet they get reviled for ``throwing grandma under the bus'' or taking Medicare away. I was approached by a person in a factory in Indiana who came up to me and said: You are taking away my 88-year-old mother's health care. He was upset, and rightfully so, but I told him he is upset at the wrong person because we are trying to save that health care. We are trying to save Medicare. We have two options: We can either continue with the status quo and let Medicare go bankrupt or we can step up to the plate, debate thoughtful proposals, and work to keep our promise to America's seniors by enacting meaningful reform. It is those of us who are willing to step up to the plate who are here to save Medicare, not destroy Medicare. It is those who are saying we need to do nothing or who refuse to do anything who are going to cause Medicare to go bankrupt and take benefits away from seniors. This is the debate we need to have. We are burdened by this. We need to address it. It is the challenge of the day.…”