Political Quotes

“I happen to think that the Medicare reform bill that we hopefully will be voting on soon is probably one of the most important things we will do in our careers in this body, because it does affect so many people. It impacts them in an area of their lives in which everybody is concerned, and that is health care. So I appreciate the debate. I would just like to underscore, once again, the bill that we have in place and that we have passed out of this body is a bill designed to shore up the failing actuarial numbers in Medicare and the fact that we are on a road to ultimate bankruptcy of the system if we do not do something to reform it and if we do not do something to allow seniors to continue to enjoy that benefit. The way that this House has spoken, the way we will do that, hopefully, is through inviting in competition from the private sector, allowing seniors to choose health plans that best fit their own family and their own health care needs.”