Political Quotes

“first I want to thank my good friend and colleague from Pennsylvania who serves with great distinction with me on the Agriculture Committee. I love that he is speaking about our farmers. In a few minutes, I am going to talk about Sonya, who is a blueberry farmer and small business owner from Michigan. We know there are so many small business owners and farmers who finally have been able to find affordable health care because of what was passed in the health care reform act. I want to thank Senator Casey for being such a strong advocate for those dairy farmers. We have a few dairy farmers in Michigan, as well, and we appreciate very much his advocacy. I want to take a step back and look broadly for a moment at what is really happening here and why we are so concerned and why we have spent all of this evening and are going on into the night to talk on behalf of the people we represent on the impact of what repealing the Affordable Care Act without having a replacement that is as good or better in place at the time would really mean for people. Republicans get sick. Democrats get sick. Independents get sick. People who don't vote get sick. This is not a partisan issue. This is about one of the most basic human needs, most basic things that we care about for our families. People go to bed at night and say: Please God, don't let the kids get sick. Make sure Mom is OK, Dad is OK.…”