Political Quotes

“before the Senator leaves the floor, I just want to draw attention to the central point the Senator from Illinois has been making tonight. He has been focused on what our duties to the American people are all about, which is to make their lives better and particularly to improve the quality of their healthcare, which is a lifeline for millions of families. Now, instead of looking at bipartisan approaches to make the lives of our people better--Chairman Hatch and I introduced the children's health bill today. Nine million youngsters with that program get better health. Instead of focusing on that, as my colleague from Illinois has said, we are going to be looking at a bill that will hurt our people, will give them worse healthcare, will go backward with respect to the march in our country to make sure we recognize that all our people--all our people--deserve quality and affordable healthcare. I particularly appreciate my colleague pointing out the contrast between where we ought to go with a bipartisan proposal like the children's health plan and where we shouldn't go--which is the Graham- Cassidy-Heller proposal which is going to go backward with respect to the healthcare needs of our people. The fact is, Graham-Cassidy-Heller has been exposed to sunlight for just a few days, but it is already clear this legislation is a bad deal for the American people. Now, Senator Cassidy has introduced healthcare bills before.…”