Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, let me first say, if the gentleman wants to pursue bipartisanship--I know that they all want to use the word ``socialist,'' which was egregiously misidentified in an ad that I wrote to Mr. Scalise about, which was a hateful ad. My suggestion is ``liberal,'' this, that, and the other. The drug bill that we have is going to be dealing with private sector producers, privately owned, of prescription drugs. This is not anything about socialism, but I know the gentleman wants to use that word. I know his advisers apparently have told him that is going to be a catchword that politically will be great for the next election. But if the gentleman wants to seek bipartisanship, let's just not try to color everything we say in terms that clearly reek of partisanship, not bipartisanship. Now, as to the bill itself, very frankly, we introduced a bill yesterday. The committee has been working on it. When I say ``the committee,'' the Energy and Commerce, the Education and Labor, and the Ways and Means Committees have all been working on this bill. There has been no secret about it. We have been discussing it. It has three components, essentially, as the gentleman knows. It has a component of negotiation, which, of course, as the gentleman knows, the Veterans Administration does so right now.…”