Political Quotes

“one of the areas we need to get to--and I want to do it before we leave on November 16--is Indian health, which is something that is long overdue. If we talk about people who need health care, everybody would stand in line as second in need to the Indians around this country. We have a bill, and the Finance Committee is in the process of getting money to get it done. It is not everything we need, but it is starting something that is long overdue. I say to my friend, who has the most needy reservation--Pine Ridge-- in the country that we need to have the time to get rid of some of these appropriations bills so we can do something about Indian health. I have made a commitment that we are going to do that some way before we leave this legislative year. We have to do that piece of legislation. I know my friend from South Dakota understands the need in Indian Country for health care. As I said, it is great that we want to take care of the children's health initiative, which is important because we have 50 million people with no health insurance. All those problems are really in the shadows of how badly it is needed in Indian Country.”