Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I hear the requests of people on the other side of the political aisle to repeal a health reform bill that has been put in place, received majority support in the House and in the Senate when developed. Now what we are witness to is that within a bill that is planned for the continued support for the FAA, which takes care of the conditions under which our aviation structure works, there is an amendment put in here that says: We want to repeal, recall the health care bill, the health reform bill that was signed into law by the President of the United States. We have heard that there are challenges in court, but we hear also that there are verifications in the courts that say this bill, this act, does appear to be constitutionally sound. I am listening, and my vantage point is that I grew up in a very poor working-class family with all of the ills that follow poverty. I see America through that kind of a prism. I see an America whose intention is to be fair, to take care of our citizens, to provide them with services, to make sure we have military forces to protect us from enemies, to make sure we have labor standards that try to make conditions healthy for working people so their health is protected as they perform their tasks. There is an implicit promise that says we are going to educate those in the early years for sure with a reasonable education.…”