Political Quotes

“It is an article, so you will not be able to see it, but the headline is ``Health Tops Pennsylvania Business Woes.'' The subheadline is ``State's Small Businesses Also See the Recession as a Severe Obstacle.'' If you are a small business owner in Pennsylvania, this survey shows, you are worried about two things: the recession--no question about that having an adverse impact; that is why the recovery bill and jobs bill are so important to these small businesses--but also health care. I am reading an excerpt here: About 71 percent of the 250 businesses that responded to the survey said health care costs were their biggest challenge. Health care costs. This is not a group of Democrats sitting around a room in Pennsylvania saying: Let's pass health care. These are small business owners in Pennsylvania. They might be Democratic, Republican, Independent, or they may not have any affiliation. Their life is running a small business and raising their families, and 71 percent of those surveyed describe health insurance as their ``biggest challenge.'' We do not need any longer to debate whether this is an issue we have to deal with. I want to walk through some of the basic provisions of what we have put in place in the Senate bill, what the House has been wrestling with all these months, and what President Obama has been trying to do. Just a couple of quick highlights.…”