Political Quotes

“I am certainly not going to be 3\1/2\ minutes at this point. I had some notes. But that's what I usually do when I get up with notes, go away and I try to speak from the heart. I have been watching this, and it's very frustrating. And first let me say, there's no one who should go without health insurance. I have a daughter who has a disease for which there's no cure, none whatsoever. She will be lucky to live to her late twenties. So it's critically important that there be a method by which we can get some help to pay for treatment, not only for her, but for every child out there and every human being. But aside from that, I go to the gym every morning at about 6:00, and I work out with my colleagues on the other side of the aisle and on my side of the aisle. The camaraderie is extraordinary. We joke with each other. We help each other in the weight room. We spot each other. We talk about our families. We even talk about politics. But it's civil. And I would really like to have the whole floor, as well as the American people, see how we communicate with one another in that gym in the morning. But I am asking that every person be civil. The Republicans have been called Nazis, terrorists, people that don't want to take care of children and seniors--and that's wrong. We can have ideals, we can have a belief, but we need to be civil about it.…”