Political Quotes

“Reserving the right to object, Madam President, I thank Senator Rubio for his remarks, and I think many of us share the exact same concerns he has raised. When men and women put their lives on the line to defend our country, they are entitled to the best quality health care we can provide to them. In my view and I think in the view of virtually every veterans organization, the VA does provide good-quality health care to those people who access the VA system, but there are very serious problems in terms of access, there are serious problems regarding waiting lists, there are serious problems regarding the possibility of hospitals keeping two sets of books, and we are going to get to the root of those issues. The one thing we do not want to do is politicize the well-being of America's heroes. I have a quote from an editorial in the Washington Post: The men and women who have served their country in uniform deserve better than delay or denial of the medical care they need and have earned. So it is crucial to get to the bottom of allegations of misconduct at the nation's veterans hospitals. America's veterans also deserve not to be treated as so many pawns in election-years gamesmanship--but that sadly is proving to be the case in Congress's increasingly hyperbolic response. It goes on: That the extent of wrongdoing is unclear doesn't seem to matter much to those more interested in scoring political points.…”