We want to retard the process enough so members have enough time to learn about what was done. |
We want to see to it that we still have medical decisions being made in favor of and on behalf of the patients, ... This is to see to it that the HMOs are treated the same as anybody else, not given preferential and reverential treatment. That's what the Norwood amendment does. |
We will need to determine how to stop this kind of misbehavior in the future. We hope today's action is the first step by the board to operate in a more professional, nonpartisan manner. |
We're going about here with a bag on our head, not having the vaguest idea what in the hell we're doing, ... This is a cockeyed way to proceed. |
We're working to fix this mischief. This cuts a big chunk of money. It hurts. |
What was the Republican answer to the hurricanes? More subsidies to the oil industry. |
Why should ordinary people pay for a government decision that makes their television sets obsolete? |
Will special sauce now be counted as a durable good? |
would force millions of Americans to reach into their wallets and pay a television tax of $20 to $60 per TV set. |
You've got an emergency. Let's address the emergency. Let's go to the other things that are more difficult later. |