Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I thank my friend and colleague from Maryland's neighboring State of Delaware, the senior Senator, Mr. Carper. I thank him for raising those points about the very negative impact that repealing the Affordable Care Act would have on so many folks in Delaware and Maryland and, specifically, rural hospitals. The Eastern Shore of Maryland and the Delmarva Peninsula have lots of rural hospitals that will be put in the crosshairs if we repeal the Affordable Care Act, so I thank the Senator for raising those issues and sharing with the Senate the impact of what repeal would do. I rise to oppose the nomination of Tom Price to be Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. I am very familiar with the views and the policy positions of Congressman Price and the ideas he has with respect to health care and budget issues facing our Nation. Before coming to the Senate, I served as the senior Democrat, the ranking member on the House Budget Committee, and Congressman Price is the chairman of that committee. I have said this before, and I say it again; that despite our very deep differences over critical issues facing our country and health care policies, Representative Price did conduct the business of the Budget Committee in a professional manner. I respect the intensity with which he argues his case, but it is because of his inflexible and highly ideological positions on critical matters before us that I oppose him.…”