Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Oregon, and truly my friend. I think when people look at Congress and wonder if people can work on issues in a bipartisan way, I am sure if someone looked at our voting record on other issues, we would probably be a bit different. That is okay. What still stands is that we are able to come together with a common issue. I have no idea if this man is Republican, Democrat, registered to vote, nor should that matter to us. I have never asked a patient in my 40 years of practicing. I know he is the same way, too. We do this because compassion dictates. Sometimes we are our brother's keeper, and we need to do the right things. {time} 2015 I do value your input on this bill. We have made a number of modifications. I know that, in committee, Democrats have offered several amendments which I want to incorporate and which look at specific funding for a number of things. We need more psychiatrists and psychologists. We just have to have them. We have to put money into that. We need more programs in there. We need to bolster community mental health services. We need to make sure that there is oversight over what States are doing with those dollars in order to make sure they are putting dollars into effective programs and not into frivolous ones. That is one of the roles Congress has is to be the watchdog over that. I am proud to say, in front of the Nation, that you have been awesome in this, and I want to continue to work with you.…”