Political Quotes

“I am here to expose the hypocrisy of my Republican colleagues. The previous speaker just said that this bill has nothing to do with current Members of Congress. Well, we will just wait and see. Over on the Senate side, Senator Dayton successfully offered an amendment to the Medicare prescription bill to ensure that no Member of Congress would receive a better prescription drug benefit than that which is included in the Medicare bill. And guess what? It passed, 93 to 3. And Roll Call reported the following hypocrisy. According to Roll Call, indeed, many Republicans, 50 of whom helped add the Dayton provision to the Senate version of the Medicare bill this week, acknowledged that they were told by their leaders to vote for the Dayton amendment with the understanding that it would not show up in the final version of the legislation. That is hypocrisy. What is good enough for America's senior citizens is good enough for those of us who serve in this Chamber. I am circulating a letter to the Speaker, and I am asking all Members of this House to sign this letter in support of the Dayton amendment. If this House, if this Congress does not support the Dayton amendment, we are little more than hypocrites. If this language is stripped from the conference report, it can only mean that Members of Congress believe that they deserve better health coverage than the seniors they represent.”