Political Quotes

“I would also say, we know what the other side believes in. We know they believe in higher taxes. We know they believe in more Government spending. We have seen amendment after amendment come here. I cannot believe I hear again, repeatedly, from the other side of the aisle the woe and complaint about deficits when it comes to letting people keep their money, but no concern about deficits when it comes to spending and increasing the size of Government. I want to correct the Senator from Illinois on a couple of points he made with respect to the Medicare Program. He said I was wrong when I said the Nelson amendment lost. He said it got 52 votes. Well, a motion to waive the Budget Act requires 60 votes. Fifty-two is less than 60. It lost. I want to make sure the Record is clear that I was correct and, in fact, the amendment did lose. I also want to make sure the Record is clear when it comes to low- income eligible seniors signing up for Medicare. The Senator from Illinois said more than half the people who need to go out and sign up for Medicare have not done so. The bottom line is, my understanding is, according to the HHS News of May 10, 2006, a total of 37 million seniors have signed up for the Medicare prescription drug coverage, of a total of around 44 million to 45 million seniors. Now, that does not look like half to me. It looks like a lot more than half have signed up, and a very small percentage have not.…”