Political Quotes

“Mr. President, last December, just minutes before the Senate passed the health care reform bill that President Obama signed into law last month, my friend, the Republican leader, predicted we would get an earful when we got home, and he was right. Everywhere I went in Nevada, from the two big cities of Reno and Las Vegas, to Elko and Carson City and my hometown of Searchlight, Nevadans, young and old--people, in general--came up to me and said: Thank you--numerous people, without any exaggeration. One mother told me how grateful she was she could finally cover her child's health care. Her child has juvenile diabetes. Parents such as she told me how grateful they were that they would be able to keep their kids on their insurance until they are 26 years old. Out-of-work Nevadans--and there is more than one I would like to acknowledge-- explained to me how grateful they were that finally they will be able to afford their own health care while they try to find a full-time job. Seniors, individually and in groups, told me how grateful they are now that they will not have to worry about whether they are going to have to split a pill or take a pill because the doughnut hole has been filled. Everyone--every senior citizen in America, every Social Security recipient--understands what the doughnut hole was and isn't anymore.…”