Political Quotes

“Mr. President, before I give my remarks, as I planned, I wish to say a brief word about Senator Alexander, the senior Senator from Tennessee. During my time in Congress, he has always been one of the most pleasant people I have dealt with. He is always very thorough in whatever he wants to talk to you about, and I have found him to be a remarkably good Senator. He has a background that is stunningly important--a longtime Governor of the State of Tennessee and someone who has served in one of the Republican administrations as Secretary of Education. This Cures bill is not everything I would wish it to be. I think it is too weak in some parts. I think we could have done better. But I have been around for a long time, and I understand what legislation is all about. We have gotten money. We have been trying for a couple years to get money for opioids. There should be far more, and it should be given in a different way than we have it here, but it is money. We have people-- as we are sitting here for a few minutes today--dying as a result of this scourge that is sweeping America. It is in Oklahoma, it is in Tennessee, and it is in places such as New Hampshire. It is all over. So that part of it is excellent. As to the resources we give the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, there is not enough we can do. I would hope there would be much more. I am pleased to report that this is the beginning of the Moonshot that Senator Biden will lead in research to defeat cancer.…”