I have never operated on a Republican or a Democrat cancer in my life. It is a people problem...
David Roe
The Public Record
David P. Roe is a former Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving Vermont's 1st congressional district from January 4, 2005, to January 3, 2021. During his time in Congress, Roe was known for his focus on healthcare issues, particularly in relation to veterans and the military. He served on several committees, including the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, where he advocated for improved services for veterans and their families.
We have to be responsible for that or we will never get in control of our costs.
The government, the Federal Government, I do, because the simplest decision in the world--health care decisions ought to be made between a physician and the patient and that patient's family, not the insurance company, and certainly not…
If you take our schools with 10 percent poverty or less, and poverty is defined by free and reduced lunch, we have the highest 15-year-old test scores in the world, bar none, period.
Oh, no, wait a minute, now we are going to turn around, take the money we have taken from you for educating your children.
Americans are the best shoppers in the world. We will drive across five lanes of interstate to get gas two cents a gallon cheaper.
It astonishes me that it is Democrat and Republican. It is unbelievable. It is about providing health care.
We need to get some common sense back into health care and get a lot of these bureaucrats out of it.
If we don't address cost, no matter how much insurance you provide for people, we can't sustain our system if we can't control the cost.





