Political Quotes

“I know it has been a long day here on the floor, and we are covering a lot of ground. We have got a few more amendments to go. Again, I think as we go through these amendments, and the gentlewoman is spot on, we have got to make sure people are trying to help people get access to insurance; can speak the language, can assist in each one of our districts. But it is kind of an indictment to the existing program, if you think about it, that you have got to come here and legislate this. To me, whether it is about mental health, or substance abuse, or this, or the one before, this should be commonsense management of a program, and it tells me we have got a problem with the underlying navigator program. We know that it is very, very expensive. We know that they enroll less than 1 percent, less than 1 percent. Everything we are arguing about this afternoon with all the amendments on the navigator program, both, are shining the light on the shortcomings of the program itself, which I think the administration has pointed to and said, This thing isn't working very well, and it is at the least very expensive; $767 per enrollee, it appears. In the private sector they do it for much, much, much, much less. So it is not that this amendment is bad or misguided. I don't think it is. But I think, once again, it is like a bright light on the underlying program that must be fraught with all kinds of problems, because we have got 16--no, wait.…”