Political Quotes

“I am really tired of people not telling the truth on the floor of the House. Hospitals are not going to stay open any longer because of this bill. People are not going to get any better health care because of this bill. What is going to give them better health care is if this Congress will go ahead and give people universal health care. The fact is that H.R. 4600 introduced under the guise of fixing the problem of rising costs of malpractice insurance does not say anywhere that insurance companies will be required to reduce premiums. Nowhere does it assure that any savings that the insurance companies get will be passed along to the doctors. The shame of it all is it is taking away the ability of judges who served, like me, the ability to determine when punitive damages ought to be awarded. It is taking away the ability of people who are injured to have the ability to bring their claim in court. The reality is that this bill does none of the things that have been claimed by the other side. I say to my colleagues vote against this legislation. It does nothing to help our patients.”