Political Quotes

“Thank you, Mr. Waxman. I'm listening to the debate on the other side of the aisle, and I just can't believe what I hear. We passed, the House Democrats, the majority, passed a comprehensive permanent fix to the SGR, and we only had one Republican vote on the other side. I heard the gentleman from California say it's not someone else's problem. That's true. It's also the Republican problem. You have a responsibility as Republicans to help us out, and you're not helping us out at all. When this jobs bill that included the SGR, and that was a 2-year fix, passed a couple of weeks ago here in the House, we had just a handful of Republican votes; and that's what it's been all along, Republicans not willing to do anything for any kind of permanent fix for this SGR for the physicians' reimbursement rate or not voting for 2 years. Now, we're down to 6 months because that's all we have left. And I don't like it anymore than anybody else, but I'm going to vote for it today; and I hope that all of you will join us in voting for it. When you talk about the fact we have a problem here, the problem is you're not willing to help us out. I heard the gentleman from Tennessee who is a physician say, well, it's got to be paid for. Well, where are the cuts that he's proposing to pay for it? In other social programs and other jobs? That's the problem here. We had a comprehensive jobs package that included this SGR. It would have had a summer jobs program.…”