Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman. My office does get a lot of phone calls against this budget, but they are not realizing that I am supporting them against the Paul Ryan budget. I think these reforms--and I was able to come a little bit earlier and listen to some of my colleagues talk about what is in this document that is supposed to be a new idea, a new way, a new approach-- and while I commend Chairman Ryan for trying to come up with some new ideas, I am all about innovation. I am all about a new approach. I think the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro) hit the nail on the head when she was talking about the fruits and vegetables and the healthy food. If we are going to move forward as a country, if we want to make sure we take care of the issue of half the country in the next 10 years is going to either have diabetes or prediabetes--and it is going to drive up Medicaid costs, it is going to drive up Medicare costs, it is going to drive up private insurance--one of the issues we need to focus on is how do we get more money into programs that are going to make sure young kids have access to fresh foods, period. We don't need to get really complicated. We don't need to come up with any new grand scheme. We have already got it.…”