Political Quotes

“In the long rich history of Congress, when a prior Congress passes a piece of legislation, the prudent step is to look at that legislation and agree on making the changes on what doesn't work. I think to come today and just say to repeal and not have a health plan in place is not a prudent plan to take. We have to see what works and what doesn't work, and I think that would be the prudent step to take today. We have to focus on the deficit and focus on jobs. Deficit is important. I think we can come together and work in a bipartisan approach. Jobs, we certainly have to look at. But to just come in and say this is something that kills jobs is not the right step to take. If you look at, for example, the FNIB Research Foundation, when they looked at this piece of legislation, they said that a number of health care profession jobs would be created by this legislation. This is something that we need to look at. Again, the prudent step is to look at what works and what doesn't work. Mr. Speaker, that is what we need to look at.”