Political Quotes

“for 1 minute. Madam President, knowing how much my colleagues on the other side love unelected bureaucrats, I want to make sure it is clear that this was a unilateral decision made by an unelected bureaucrat to change the way hospitals are compensated. And the result, at least in my State, is that our hospitals are paid 25 cents per dollar less than the hospital right across the border in Massachusetts and 30 cents per dollar less than the hospital right across the border 20 minutes down the road in Connecticut. Dr. Barrasso and Dr. Cassidy can understand that a 25-percent hit in hospitals that close together, a 30-percent hit between hospitals that close together, is ridiculous. And my friends on the Finance Committee will remember me showing this graph to every Health and Human Services witness who showed up. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time has expired.”