Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I have always wondered if this day would come, when I could stand on the Senate floor before my colleagues and say those words: We did it. We passed comprehensive health care reform. Many have come before us and we have worked together for years. We took on a monumental task and faced obstacles at every corner. It wasn't easy--nothing that is worth doing is easy. But we put aside our own differences and came together to pass meaningful legislation that will transform the way health care works in our country. And it was worth every minute and every hurdle. It was worth every setback and every step forward. Because for all those challenges, for all our debates and negotiations, I know that any trouble we faced was nothing in comparison to the daily struggle millions of Americans face everyday without health insurance. Millions that are without coverage who live everyday in terror of becoming sick--parents powerless to provide care for a sick child, workers unable to change jobs and pursue a new opportunity, families forced to choose between seeing a doctor and paying their mortgage. When I think about the cause of reform, I think about those people and their stories. And I want to tell you about some of them today. I want to tell you about the Bord family of West Virginia.…”