Bill Delahunt: “And yet we have not begun to even address the real issues of rebuilding the Gulf States, of taking care of the people in…”

“And yet we have not begun to even address the real issues of rebuilding the Gulf States, of taking care of the people in Mississippi and Louisiana, and allowing the insurance companies in those States to tell people that, sorry, you are not covered, despite the fact that they were told early on. Thankfully, we have leaders, and I am particularly proud of someone like a Gene Taylor and others from the Gulf States that stand up and speak to these issues, and Members on the other side of the aisle, for that matter. I was listening to Senator Lott just recently speaking about this issue. But the truth is, you are right. The consequences of the plan of the Bush administration and the Bush Congress has resulted in $3 per gallon of gas, a deficit that is a Hall of Fame record, a dependence on China and Japan and the United Kingdom and OPEC countries to finance our debt, a decline of the median income for a middle-class family in this country, and housing that is not affordable today for most Americans, and as you suggested, Tim, a health care system that is, to call it a system is hyperbole. It just is not a system. And this is what we have. We finally have seen the plan, and the plan is being rejected by most Americans because it is clear that it is taking this country in the wrong direction, and if it continues in this way, we will become a second-tier Nation.”