Political Quotes

“Mr. President, first of all, I will say that I recognize the honor of the Senator from Connecticut for his distinguished service in the military. I didn't serve in our military. I was actually in college during the Vietnam war. I drew No. 354 on the lottery the week before I was to be drafted. I had two brothers who served--not in Vietnam--in the military. My father and both uncles served during World War II. My grandfather was awarded the Croix de Guerre, the highest honor the French give, for his work during World War I. I will also state that, as a physician, I know suicide all too well. I have failed patients in the past even though I did everything I knew to do. Yet they still took their lives. I have also experienced it personally in my own family. I know this issue. I also know what we did 3\1/2\ months ago--we passed the Veterans Choice Act, which I ultimately voted against because it didn't do what we promised the veterans we would do. To this day Secretary McDonald has fired one person out of hundreds who should have been fired because we didn't give him the right authority on that day to hold the VA accountable. I have treated patients with the demons that these young men and women have when they come back from war--the night terrors and the conflict that happens when they turn a corner and get a flashback of where they were versus seeing their wife and daughter.…”