Political Quotes

“There is a frustration in this House of Representatives as we have seen from this line of speakers, probably 10 people on the Democratic side, who care enough to show up on the House floor and talk about health care issues. There is a frustration that we have not passed a Patients' Bill of Rights. Granted the House passed it, but the fact is there is no Patients' Bill of Rights signed into law. There is a frustration that this House has not taken up the Medicare buy-in bill, a voluntary program, revenue neutral, that would allow 55- to 64-year-olds who have lost their health insurance through no fault of their own to go into the Medicare program. There is a frustration in this House that we have done nothing except talk about a prescription drug benefit, nothing about a prescription drug benefit inside Medicare, nothing about prescription drug prices as the drug companies are the most profitable industry in America, enjoy the lowest tax rate in America, where American taxpayers pay half of the cost of research and development and the drug companies turn around and reward Americans by charging us more than people anywhere else on Earth. There is a frustration in this House that we have not moved on children's health issues, that we simply have failed to reduce the number of children who lack health insurance.”