Political Quotes

“You know, you named a lot of States who are getting a lot of sweeteners. A lot of States are being paid off, bought out, you know, buyouts, it really comes down to corruption, I think. If we see this type of deal-making out in the private sector, you know, most people would wind up subpoenaed and in jail for this type of deal making. There are three things that, you know, States like Pennsylvania--we don't have any of those sweeteners that I know of that have been, those deals have been made obviously. But I think there's a lot that we need to continue to look at in this bill and walk through it and find out, and not just this bill. I think part of what we have to look at--some time in months to come we're going to be dealing with an omnibus budget. And I have to say there's probably going to be some deals in there that folks who vote ``yes'' on this health care bill, we're going to be able to draw some lines and call--use the President's word from one of his joint sessions, and call folks out of deals that were made.”