Political Quotes

“Being there as a patient's family is a different perspective than being there as a physician or Senator. As one walks those halls and sees people working hard, day in and day out, 24 hours a day, as one watches the shift change at 7 or 8 at night, fresh people coming in and starting, and see physicians coming in at 9, 10 at night, starting early in the morning, seeing the emergency room and trauma centers going on around-the-clock, when one sees that and recognizes that we can do something that will make that better when the trends, especially in the last 3 to 4 years, are getting worse, it makes one feel very passionately about that. When I see doctors leaving the practice of medicine for this reason, these exorbitant, skyrocketing, out of control--this runaway train which I mentioned earlier, such good imagery--it makes me want to passionately come to this body and make sure that people understand, make sure that my colleagues understand, that physicians are leaving the practice of medicine because of these exorbitant malpractice suits.”