Political Quotes

“Just to reiterate, we in Congress, despite what a lot of people think, we don't have any kind of special health care plan. We have the same plan as all other Federal workers, and that is simply to go on a Web site or in a booklet and choose from hundreds of excellent health plans that are competing with each other for our business. We pay part of the premium; our employer, the Federal Government, pays the other part, and that is precisely what we want for everyone in America to have. But in order to do that, you've got to take down the walls from one State to another, the State borders, when it comes to insurance. You've got to make sure that all of these providers of services--doctors, hospitals, insurance companies--are competing with each other, driving up the quality and driving down the cost. With that, I would like to recognize one of our freshman members who's really come on fast, again another physician, a family physician, Mr. DesJarlais from the State of Tennessee. Mr. DesJARLAIS. I thank my colleague. I'll be brief tonight. I just wanted to point out the fact that I'm proud to stand here with my physician, nursing, dental colleagues, all of the members of the Doctors Caucus, because I can say I think for all of us that none of us chose Congress as our career path in life. Our first passion in life was to help people. We know that we have a problem facing us. Nobody can deny on either side of the aisle that Medicare is going broke. As Dr.…”