Political Quotes

“With that, then, Mr. Speaker, I'll wrap up here with a couple of comments. First of all, I really want to thank the Energy and Commerce Committee staff for bringing out this important study. We only wish this was the kind of information we had a couple of years ago when Members were called upon to blindly support this bill and so many other organizations were called upon to support this bill. {time} 1910 These are going to be high costs, and people are going to have to make decisions now about what kind of health care they are going to have, can they afford it. Well, they'll also see the impact on top of their gasoline prices and utility prices and worries about their jobs. They're going to be making decisions about do I not have health care now and run the risk of having the IRS come after me and charge me $95. People will be making those kinds of decisions. That's not what we should be doing. Out of care and concern for every mother and father and grandparent and child in America, to make sure that we work on an affordable health care plan, that makes sure that people who are ill, people who have preexisting conditions are not cut, and to make sure that the high-risk pool has money in it to help those who have high risks for health care, not use money for other purposes, and to make sure that we're working on prevention and caring for the ill.…”