Political Quotes

“Not only that, but I say to the Senator, having worked for and with small businesspeople for many years, I know they care about their employees. They care deeply about their employees, the vast majority of small businesses around this country. They do not want their employees to be in a position that they have no rights against the HMO. To small businesspeople all over this country, their lifeblood is their employees. They need those people to come to work every day, enjoy the work, and be productive. One of the critical components of that, as the Senator well knows after all his years of work on this issue, is that they have quality health care. The small employers in this country who care about their employees--in my judgment, the vast majority--will want to make sure their employees have the best product they could possibly have. They will want them to have the same protections. Those small employers will want to be protected from liability. That is a reasonable concern, and that is the concern, as the Senator knows, that we have addressed in our legislation and we are continuing to address with even stronger language with colleagues from across the aisle.”