Political Quotes

“Tomorrow in Congress Democrats and Republicans alike will vote for a tax reduction. They are going to give the wealthiest contributors a big tax break. They are going to give the smaller contributors a smaller tax break. But when it comes to those who in my opinion contributed the most to our country, not with their wallets, but with their lives and with their blood, they are going to get nothing at all. I am talking about our Nation's veterans and in particular, our Nation's military retirees. Mr. Speaker, today, your Congress had the opportunity to fulfill the promise of free health care for life for our Nation's military retirees, a promise that has been broken, a promise that remains broken every day. Mr. Speaker, out of this entire year-long legislative session, today was the only day, according to the Parliamentarian, that legislation to restore to our Nation's military retirees the health care benefits that they were promised could be brought to the floor for a vote, and today I tried to do just that. I am pleased to tell my colleagues that every single Democratic Member of Congress voted to help our Nation's military retirees, every single one. I regret to inform my colleagues that every single Republican Member of Congress, let me repeat this; every single Republican Member of Congress voted against helping our Nation's military retirees, even though the bill that would have helped them was introduced by a Republican.”