Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I rise to commend the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) for his efforts to encourage others to vote with him. The gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) and the gentleman from California (Mr. Lewis) are probably right when they say the way he goes about it is flawed. Guess what? We do lots of flawed things around here. We start off every day by waiving the rules that govern this body, every single day, Mr. Chairman, and say we got these rules, but they do not count; let us throw them out. The question is if we are going to do that for everything else, how about just once doing it for the folks who deserve it the most? There is really only one group of Americans who were promised health care, and that is our veterans. Medicare and Medicaid did not come along until the glory years of America in the 1960s when we had more money than sense. We now spend about $260 billion a year on Medicare and Medicaid. We spend about 40 on veterans. Those folks got it just because they exist. Now, veterans earned it.”