Political Quotes

“So very fearful of being held accountable, the giant insurance monopolies have spent millions spewing out anger and spreading fear of reform. We have not seen such outlandish, outrageous arguments raised since the same forces failed to block President Lyndon Johnson from securing approval of Medicare. For Republicans, our bill is too long or it is too short. It is too thick or it is too thin. It is never just right because their true answer to health insurance reform is ``never, never, never.'' Our determined efforts should not be derided as a four-letter word, but you can certainly sum up our many, many pages with four words: you've got health care. With this reform, every insured American gets valuable consumer protections, and every uninsured American can become insured. Thirty- two million Americans will be protected from the risk of bankruptcy from health care. The bill restrains soaring insurance premiums and reduces Federal deficits. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.”