Political Quotes

“during the 12 years that Republicans have controlled this House, they have done very little to address the real concerns of families confronted with a health care crisis. This afternoon during rush hour, some family, in fact probably many families, will suffer a severe auto accident on the way home. Perhaps a mom will be found to have breast cancer, or a child a serious childhood disease. And as these health care challenges emerge, tens of thousands of families across America will end up not only driven into despair but into bankruptcy. And yet Republicans have not offered real solutions to address those kinds of problems. Recognizing their failures earlier this year, both Senate and House Republican leaders declared there would be a ``health care week.'' Well, the Senate took up their ``health care week,'' and every old, retread Republican proposal that they had was rejected. So I guess too embarrassed to have ``health care week'' here in the House, even though they declared it, the Republicans canceled ``health care week,'' just like they have canceled so many of the commitments that they made back in 1994 to the American people. And what they have left as their one new idea for the crisis that American families face in health care is this pitiful proposal.…”