Political Quotes

“flying back here last night from Nevada, I spoke with two flight attendants. Usually they talk to me about working conditions, air marshals, or something dealing with their job. But they were concerned about corporate America. They talked to me two separate times. In effect, they said: This is a disgrace. I hope, Senator, you are doing something about it. This morning when I was at the doctor's office, I had another conversation about the problems in corporate America. Because of my light complexion and having been raised in the desert sun, I on occasion have had a dermatologist take little things off my face, and today was one of those occasions. While I was waiting for the physician, a nurse approached me, and said: Senator, I hope you do something about what is going on in America today. These scandals in the corporations are outrageous. Everyone in America is concerned. I was in Nevada this weekend, and five or six different people came to me on different occasions, talking not about the things I would normally expect upon returning to Nevada, but about corporate America and what is going on. We are debating a bill that directly deals significantly with corporate America: Pharmaceutical companies. We have been told in the debate the average CEO of a pharmaceutical company in America makes $27 million a year. Pretty good change.…”