Trent Lott: “I am perfectly delighted to do that. Of course, my children are grown, and they are not covered at all by this, but I…”

“I am perfectly delighted to do that. Of course, my children are grown, and they are not covered at all by this, but I would be glad, to control that, to do anything the Senator wants to do to the Senate. I suspect it richly deserves it. And another thing, what I am saying is, one State is only covering children up to 200 percent, other States now have 350 percent, or even one of them is now wanting 400 percent of poverty for children and adults. All I am saying is, stick with the program we intended. Let's not turn this into just a Washington bureaucratic health-run program. That is what this is all about. This is about moving us toward a system we could not get any other way, where the Government will pay for and control everything in terms of health coverage in America. I do not believe the American people want it. I worry about my children and grandchildren in this respect. What kind of burden are we putting on their backs in terms of what they will have to pay for in the future? Does nobody ever think about that anymore? Every program is growing exponentially; every one of them. So I worry about my grandchildren having to pay for all the things we are coming up with here. I yield the floor.”