Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I wish to speak for a few moments this morning about a subject that is on the minds of many Americans and I think should still be on the minds of everybody in this Chamber because the health care bill that was passed and signed into law recently is going to have impacts across this country for some time to come. I am interested in the discussion that has occurred here on the floor of the Senate over the past several weeks, as Senator Barrasso from Wyoming--who also happens to be an orthopedic surgeon, a physician--has come to the floor to engage in a series of remarks, what he calls the ``second opinion.'' I think his second opinion series of remarks here on the floor has been extremely well pointed in illustrating, in many respects, what is wrong with the health care bill and why this is not something that is going to improve the lives of most Americans but, in fact, is going to worsen the lives of most Americans because they will be faced with higher health care costs, higher taxes, and probably higher deficits for years and years to come. There is a lot of supporting data now, validation of those arguments we heard during the course of the health care debate. The Democrats, who were supporting it, as was the President, said this health care legislation was going to, No. 1, reduce health care costs for most Americans, and No. 2, reduce the deficit.…”