Political Quotes

“2 months ago the opponents of health care reform announced no crisis in health care. Now we hear them declaring the health care security plan dead. These prognostications remind me more than a little bit of things we were hearing last year about the President's budget. Last year one of our opponents said that the President's budget will stifle economic growth, destroy jobs, reduce revenues, and increase the deficit. Mr. Speaker, let us look at what has happened. Today the deficit is projected to be 40-percent lower than it was projected to be 1 year ago. Today housing starts are up over 25 percent, and single-family starts are their highest level in 15 years. Under the President's budget, nearly 2 million jobs were created last year, including 1.7 million in the private sector, 70 percent more than was created in the whole 4 years previously. Mr. Speaker, the President's budget is working, and now we need to get on with reforming our health care delivery system.”