Political Quotes

“as Members well know, bipartisanship are those rare occasions on which the Democrats and the Republicans agree. We have found some agreement. We agree we need health care reform that provides portability so people can change jobs and keep their health insurance. We agree that we need to prevent people from being barred from insurance because of preexisting conditions. The question becomes, why do we not pass the bill that we both agree on. I will tell Members why: because the Republicans want to ruin this bill, kill this bill with extraneous material to benefit their wealthy friends. Once again, they ruined bipartisan support by putting on benefits for the wealthy. Just like the tax breaks, here they come again. These medical savings accounts are basically a boondoggle to benefit wealthy, healthy people. They take their money and put it in savings accounts and get a tax advantage. That leaves the rest of us, those who are poor, those who are sick, the regular working guy, to pay higher insurance rates. That is not right. Every major editorial paper in this country has criticized these medical savings accounts because they only benefit a few wealthy people. We need bipartisanship. We have an opportunity. Please, Republicans, do not ruin it.”