Political Quotes

“I really believe what we are dealing with here is an administration that truly does not believe in Medicare, and this effort is not going over well with our senior citizens. As my friend the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Inslee) said, the experience that he had with his seniors, I have had the same experience with the seniors in my district. When I sit down with them and I explain this bill, I explain how it came into being, the shenanigans that occurred right here in the people's chamber, the benefits that are so difficult to understand, the benefits that are really going not to the senior citizen, but to the insurance companies and to the pharmaceutical companies, they are outraged. They say to me, ``What can I do to respond? Who can I talk to? How can I express the anger that I feel?'' And that is what is happening across this country, and the administration is starting to feel the heat, and that is why they are taking I think $18 million of public tax dollars and putting these ads on TV, trying to convince our seniors that they are doing something good for them. Well, America's seniors are a pretty wise bunch. They have lived through a lot. Many of them have lived through the Depression. They have lived through the wars. These are not children in their understanding. They have watched government.…”