John B. Breaux: “Not to be an alarmist, but I could really take that boat from Bimini and hit the outer marker and just keep right on…”

My opinion is that in order to ever reach an agreement between the two parties, Congress is going to have to combine the best of what government can do with the best of what the private sector can do and put the two together.

Just like my Chevy II, things have changed, things have improved, so our recommendation is that we keep Medicare of course.

The great challenge today I would just suggest to both my Democratic colleagues and my Republican friends and colleagues... is how do both political parties bridge the gap between the different political philosophies and produce health…

if we are going to look in the MARAD program for huge amounts of waste, fraud, and abuse compared to everything else, I would suggest that we're going to be spending a lot of time, with little results.