Political Quotes

“We will go through committees, figure out the work. It is tough work. We will do it. Would the gentleman agree the primary obstacle to that is, and I am going to use this term broadly, the buildup--the gentleman referenced K Street and the army of lobbyists--the sort of corporatization of all things that we do, meaning healthcare is driven predominantly by the massive corporations--pharmaceutical, hospitals, pharma. My life got saved by great innovation in pharmaceuticals when I had cancer. I am for it. But the corporatization, the corporate cronyism, the extent you have these massive entities, including, by the way, those that are driving our food supply, all the regulations prohibiting small farms and small meatpacking plants to ship the stuff to have local produce and local foods so that you can eat healthy. It is the massive corporate interests that come here lobbying for benefits and tax breaks that, by the way, are going to be front and center among Republicans when everyone says that we must go back and put in place all the tax benefits, which some are good, as I was talking about earlier. Does the gentleman agree that some of these are part of the problem?”