Political Quotes

“Thank you very much for raising the issue of dental crisis in America. I can tell you that in Vermont, we have a crisis. We made progress, but we have a serious problem. The cost of dental care is very, very high. In the southern part of my State, Bennington County, if you are a poor child, you are probably on Medicaid. You probably can't find a dentist. What we have done in this bill is put $3 billion one time--just one time--into capital improvements for community health centers. That is long overdue because if you want to expand community health centers, they need money for their own expansion and infrastructure. Building a dental operatory--and that is the dental chairs and the good equipment that dentists need--is a very expensive proposition. So by putting $3 billion into capital improvements, much of which I suspect will be going to those dental operatories, we are going to be able to provide communities all over this country with the ability to access dental care in a way they are not doing it today. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Peters). The Senator from Kansas.”