Political Quotes

“as most know, I offered an amendment on Social Security that led ultimately to the defeat of the balanced budget amendment. I am glad that we had the debate on the balanced budget amendment. I think, No. 1, it indicated that we have a problem with the deficit. No. 2, we need to do something about the deficit and No. 3, we should not use Social Security as a method of trying to mask the deficit. Mr. President, while we are having all this talk about a balanced budget, one of the areas we have not talked about and that we should talk about is health care. Why should we talk about health care? Mr. President, one of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle was quoted in the Washington Post on February 15 saying, ``Health care is not very bright on anybody's radar screen, if it shows up at all.'' Mr. President, it may not show up on the radar screen of some Senators in this body, but it shows up on the radar screen of the people of America. Health care is still brightly flashing in the minds of the American public. The Gallup Poll taken before the end of this year, completed December 30, showed that almost 75 percent of the American people felt that reform of the country's health care system should be a top or a high priority for Congress within the first 100 days. Mr. President, nobody is talking about health care. We should talk about health care.”