Political Quotes

“I know that he in the Pennsylvania legislature and the Pennsylvania Senate was particularly a leader into his own right when it came to health care reform and to making sure medical devices and pharmaceuticals were covered in the legislature, to the extent they could get them to those patients. So I am very happy that the gentleman from Virginia, Mr. Bliley, chairman of the Committee on Commerce, appointed you as the point person, the task force chairman for FDA reform, to bring together people like the gentleman from North Carolina, Mr. Burr, who has fashioned legislation which, I appreciate the acknowledgement of our initial efforts, but your bill, working with Mr. Greenwood and the gentleman from Virginia, Mr. Bliley, and the gentleman from Florida, Mr. Bilirakis, the gentleman from Texas, Mr. Barton, and the gentleman from Wisconsin, Mr. Klug, together you have the package here that I think is the most important legislation in the second session of the 104th Congress. What could be more important for our constituents than making sure that health care opportunities to live longer and better can in fact be a reality?”