Political Quotes

“I appreciate that observation from my friend from Missouri. I would like to finish the declarations, the pledges that he and I have both made. Number 3 is improve, rather than diminish, the quality of care that Americans enjoy. Now, we have heard so many horror stories, terrible situations where someone did not get proper health care. And nobody wants to see that happen. But despite the problems, most of us here contend that we have the best health care available of anywhere in the world. It is right here in America. We saw a good example of that after years and years of hearing some friends say we need to have a health care system like Canada. We need to have a health care system like England. Well, you start hearing stories like the secretary in Tyler. She told me she immigrated from England. She said her mother had cancer in England. And what happens in that scenario, you are put on a list. You are put on a list to get a mammogram, to have surgery, a biopsy, to get radiation or chemo. Whatever you are going to get, you are put on a list. She said my mother died from cancer not because it was not curable, but because she lived in England. She said I was found to have cancer. I didn't have to wait on some list to get it taken care of. She said I know I'm alive because I moved to America and didn't stay in England, which brings me to an article in February.…”