Political Quotes

“I thank my colleague from Pennsylvania for yielding. Let me say a big thank you to Chairman Upton, Chairman Ryan, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Levin, and their staffs for all of the work that has gone into this product. Also, I want to thank Wendell Primus with Leader Pelosi's staff; Charlene MacDonald with Mr. Hoyer's staff; and, of course, Charlotte Ivancic on my team, all who have worked together to create this product that we have today. Thanks to their hard work and the work of this House, we expect to end the so-called doc fix once and for all. Many of you know that we have patched this problem 17 times over the last 11 years, and I decided about a year ago that I had had enough of it. In its place, we will deliver for the American people the first real entitlement reform in nearly two decades. I think this is good news for America's seniors, who will benefit from a more stable and reliable system for seeing their doctor. {time} 1045 It is good news for hard-working families who will benefit from a stronger Medicare program to help care for their elderly parents. It is good news for the taxpayers who, according to the CBO and a number of other fiscal experts, will save money now and well into the future. That means it is especially good news for our kids and grandkids, because today it is about a problem much bigger than any doc fix or any deadline.…”