Political Quotes

“today our Republican friends are talking about naming airports. What America should really be concerned about is the ``NAMing'' of our airports. That is right, NAM, the National Association of Manufacturers, is having a corporate fly-in today. The corporate jets line the runways out at the airport here in Washington, and the special interests fill this Capitol. And what is it all about? They are heeding the cry of the Republican Party to come to Washington and block a consumer bill of rights for health care consumers who are enrolled in managed care: the right to see your own doctor, the right to be able to go to the emergency room without having to ask someone's permission, the right to hold accountable some insurance plan that denies you access to health care, the right of all Americans to begin to do what Texans can already do, and that is to hold accountable these managed health care plans. But NAM and the Republican Party, they have the NAM slam of this plan. It is really a NAM scam. It is a scam to deny the American people the rights they should have as health care consumers.”