Political Quotes

“I might close with a couple of thoughts. Again, we came in with the lofty expectations that we could make a difference in primary care for people across the Nation. I think our bill accomplishes just that. Again, I can't thank the staff enough for their support through this. Senator Sanders and I spent most of the August recess--and our staff spent every moment of every hour of every day on this August recess-- working on this legislation. I think it is a good product. I think there is always opportunity for improvement. We are welcome to those ideas. I appreciate the Senator using traditional Hyde protections at the appropriate places, so we maintained that, which is important to many folks, including to myself. I think we addressed primary care issues. I think we have a plan to increase the nursing workforce. Again, in 3 years' time, we can turn that problem around and long-term address some of the primary care issues. Addressing dental, as well, I think will be a huge improvement. At the end of the day, you cannot overestimate how much money this will save in programs like Medicare and Medicaid and the health insurance back home and help drive the cost of healthcare down for people. I am glad to see us try to emphasize maybe some better ways to spend the American taxpayer moneys. But most importantly to me, the physician, is just this is the right thing to do. This is absolutely the right thing to do. It is a chance to improve the health of Americans.…”