Political Quotes

“that is one of the problems. They say, where there is a will, there is a way. There is a will to get this done. Republicans want to do it. We happen to be Republicans; we have been working hard with our Republican colleagues. Democrats on the other side of the aisle sincerely want to do it. House Members want to do it, the Senate wants to do it, the President wants to do it, the elderly want us to do it, the disabled want us to do it, their families want us to do it, the pharmaceutical industry wants us to do it. Everyone is for this. What there is is a legitimate set of differences of opinion. The gentleman is talking about one right now. The question is, do we want to give this program, this new benefit, to the same bureaucracy that has been administering the current one? I do not think there is a beneficiary on Medicare who can tell us or anyone else, they certainly do not tell me at the senior centers, that they understand the paperwork that they get related to their Medicare and they would like to have more paperwork related to their Medicare and they would like the decisions made about their health care to take as long as ones do today. The fact of the matter is that what is available at the drugstore is changing at the speed of light. Every day, practically, we can find new products out there in the drugstore.…”