Political Quotes

“There are several ways we can find the money to pay for veterans health care. For one thing, we can cut back on these tax cuts that have gone to the richest people. There are people in this country who have never served in the military, never put their lives on the line; and yet this President, during this time of war, has decided to give them a huge, huge tax cut, while our veterans, many of them becoming increasingly elderly and disabled, are being deprived of adequate health care, having to wait for weeks and months to get a doctor's appointment. That is just wrong. So the President had a choice: tax cuts for the richest people in America or adequate funding for VA health care. He chose tax cuts for the richest among us. We are spending in Iraq today about $1.25 billion a week. Think of that. And we cannot find an additional $3.5 billion for our veterans, all of our veterans. I do not want to choose among our veterans. I do not want to say this veteran is worthy and this veteran is not worthy. All of these people have served the country. They are in need of help and health care, and I am getting sick and tired of hearing about focusing on the core constituency.”