Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I am not going to speak very long tonight, and I am not going to speak very formally either. But I did want to come back to the Senate floor and make a point again that I have made repeatedly here on the Senate floor before; that is, there is a path to reform of our health care system that will improve the quality of care for patients, will improve the experience of care for patients, will improve the outcomes of care for patients and for our Nation, and will lower costs for our country. The reason I come to raise that point again is that the Senate is now awash with rumors that the 12 Members of Congress--Senators and Congressmen--who have been tasked with trying to create a solution to our deficit problem are going to cut Medicare benefits by hundreds of millions of dollars. That is, as best I can tell, only a rumor. I certainly cannot vouch for it being true. Indeed, I hope it is not true. The time I wish to spend this evening is to remind my colleagues it is a very unfortunate and mistaken path to take to follow the road of benefit cuts at a time when the road to reform is so promising in terms of the win-win of better care at lower cost. It is not just me saying this.…”