Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I have the highest regard for my good friend from Iowa. We work very closely together. We want to make sure our States are fully incorporated, involved in the national health care delivery system; that is, rural States. We also want a balance between urban and rural. It is the only fair solution. This bill has that balance. I might say, there are some--I chuckle a little bit--I have talked to some of my friends in the East who talk about rural America--rural New York or rural Illinois or rural Indiana--and I appreciate that very much. But we are talking here, with frontier States, with what is really rural: only about six people per square mile. So I say to my friend from Iowa, we have the balance in the bill. We should maintain that current balance. I think this amendment is inadvisable, and I urge us to not support it. Mr. President, I move to table the amendment, and I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll.”