Political Quotes

“Mr. President, Senator Grassley and I attended the rollout of President Trump's Executive order to get the healthcare industry on the move. The chairman of the Finance Committee, the chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Senators like me--I am a mainstream entrepreneur--came to the Senate to discuss issues just like this. I have probably been on the floor more than any other Senator, and every time I do it, I tell the industry: Wake up. I took you on 10, 11 years ago, in my own business, to give good healthcare coverage to my employees. Year after year, it was a litany of, you are lucky your premiums are only going up 5 to 10 percent this year. You have all heard it before. It took risk, and it took some novel thinking, but it can be done. Most entrepreneurs aren't going to put the time I put into it to make it work for my own employees. When you hear Democrats, Republicans, three or four committees, and the President of the United States talking about a healthcare system that is broken, you should get it through your thick head that there need to be changes made. It shouldn't be coming from Congress, even though it will keep coming. I think the message is out loud and clear: Wake up and start fixing these things, or you are going to have a business partner whose name is Bernie Sanders and another idea of Medicare for All that we would regret once we got it.…”