Political Quotes

“I come to the floor as someone who has practiced medicine in Wyoming, taking care of families all across the Cowboy State for almost one-quarter of a century. I come as a doctor giving a second opinion, as I have done week after week about this broken health care law that people all around the country are now very concerned about and the impact it is going to have on their own personal lives. We started the whole discussion and debate about health care that the American people knew what they wanted: They wanted the care they need, from a doctor they want, at a cost they can afford. What we have gotten is something that does not provide that at all. I saw today in the Washington Post, under the headline ``Budget Showdown,'' comments about the President's speech yesterday to the Nation. He did talk about Medicare and did talk about Medicaid. I believe that speech was very short, inadequate on the details. It was interesting to see what the Washington Post said about Medicaid. It said: . . . a senior administration official, speaking to reporters on the condition of anonymity, said that . . . ``the details have not been worked out.'' So we have an anonymous source, working in the White House, talking to reporters, admitting that the details have not been worked out.…”