Political Quotes

“I want to actually talk a few minutes this evening about a very important bill the House just passed by an extraordinary vote of 346 to 1. My colleague, Congressman Boustany in the House, was the lead sponsor, and I want to really congratulate him for his extraordinary work on this particular bill. It is something he and I have worked together on across party lines. He is a Republican and I am a Democrat, but we worked very closely together to get this entire bill passed not only for the benefit of Louisiana--which is shaded here on this chart as one of the States that would benefit--but we can see here how many other States between 2013 and 2017 will be affected positively by the passage of this bill. The bill is the Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Lease Authorization Act. That is a mouthful, but it takes important action. It basically uses the guidance of the Office of Management and Budget-- we received a letter from them at my request--and formulates a piece of legislation that will allow the Veterans Administration to build clinics the way they have been building clinics for our veterans--who really need the highest and best quality care--using a lease arrangement.…”