Political Quotes

“I am convinced that the Senator from Georgia is correct in his analysis in what he has told us here in the Senate. We have now waited for more than 2 months facing a filibuster even of a procedural motion formally to appoint a conference committee to settle a set of vitally important health care issues for the people of the United States. Mr. President, there is little controversy over the desirability of portability of health care insurance, over certain restrictions on health care limitations because of preexisting conditions and a number of other features of the bill that passed the Senate. But the senior Senator from Massachusetts is so vehemently opposed to a concept called medical savings accounts that he and those who support it will not even permit a debate in the Senate, a vote in the Senate, on the issue. The Senator from Georgia pointed out that this is not a new concept. It is very much like the automobile insurance that all of us purchase in which we can make a set of value judgments and choices.”