Political Quotes

“Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I have only been here a little under 2 years, and in the time that I have been here, it has been disappointing that when it comes to real attempts to make legislative progress, so often I see that we are far apart in terms of how we want to go about it. I came here from a State like Indiana, where serving in our State legislature and running a business for 37 years, we seemed to get things done. Even though we were divided, of course, like most legislative bodies are, we came together and did things that made a difference for our constituents. In the time before the impeachment saga came along, COVID, and civil unrest, I thought many of us were putting our shoulders to the grindstone--and I am on committees like Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions--wanting to weigh in on talking about some of things the Democrats have brought up about healthcare. And, to me, again, I think it brings in front of us differences in approach, certainly. I am a believer that rather than trying to get government even more involved in certain things, that we might look at what actually works in the real world and works in many States, including healthcare, which I agree is probably the No. 1 issue we face in the country. It was the No. 1 issue when I was running a business I think there is so much commonality, in the sense that we have a broken healthcare system.…”