Political Quotes

“I hope we can do a welfare reform bill. It is part of the Democratic families first agenda. It is something my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have said that they want to pass, and I believe that. I am a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee. I have responsibilities with my friend from Idaho, Senator Kempthorne. I am the ranking member of a subcommittee, and we passed out of this body, with bipartisan support, a safe drinking water bill. That conference is now ready to meet. We should get a bill back here and debate that conference report and pass, for the people of this country, the Safe Drinking Water Act. Health care reform: Health care is important. There is no way that we are going to be able to do all that needs to be done with health care, but we need to do what is possible to go with health care. Can we not do the portability of insurance? Can we not handle preexisting disability? We need to finish that important issue.”