Political Quotes

I happen to think that if you're going to do budgets and you're going to pass budgets on a partisan basis, the budget becomes irrelevant.

I don't think you can get there without doing what Dr. Rivlin referred to, which is you shift from a utilization system to a qualities and outcome system.

I would suggest that on issues that involve all Americans, where pretty much everybody is affected, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and tax reform, that if you push forward in a partisan way, at least 50 percent, maybe a little less…

Your careers may end happily before the reckoning. Your reelections may not be threatened by your inaction. But your consciences should be.