Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I thank the chairman of the Finance Committee, on which I am proud to serve, for yielding time, as well as for the great work he has done. I wish to commend Senators Dodd and Harkin for the great work they have done in the HELP Committee and all the members of the HELP Committee, as well as the Finance Committee and, of course, Majority Leader Reid, who has been as solid as a rock and steadfast in his own quiet way. He is more responsible for this bill passing than just about anybody else. So I thank our leadership for that. I rise today to talk about this historic accomplishment of health care reform. I congratulate all of my colleagues for their hard work and dedication. I congratulate the President. He, too, was like a rock. He never budged. The day after the Massachusetts election, when so many others were saying we can't get this done and to trim back, he was steadfast. I saw him and his steadfastness. His internal gyroscope got us over the goal line. I wish to address where the future is in this bill in terms of average Americans. We all know the American people are still trying to digest the health care legislation we have just passed. That is understandable. It is a large and complex piece of legislation and, of course, there has been a tremendous amount of misinformation out there about what it does and what it does not do. To tell the average American that this is truly historic legislation doesn't get to them.…”