Political Quotes

“OK, the other point is this: On Medicare reform and things like that the people want to be involved in the dialog, and I think that is what is important, what I did this summer and what I think plenty of other Congressmen have done, and that is to talk about the problem. You know Medicare has run out of money. Seven years, there is no Medicare, so we have got to do something about it whether it is taking out the fraud, abuse, and waste, which I think is a large part of it, $30 billion a year is wasted just in fraud and abuse in our Medicare Program. So what we have done is, I think, responsible Republican Congressmen, working with our allies and friends on the other side of the aisle, is we now have legislation which is going to hasten the prosecution, investigation, and the eventual sentencing of people who are involved in this kind of fraud. People want the services. They do not want the fraud; they do not want the waste. They want to make sure the Government is efficient and doing its job.”