Dave Obey famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

You don't have to dislike people you disagree with and it doesn't mean you shouldn't be able to have bipartisan friendships in this place. Life's too short to have it any other way.
-- Dave Obey

#Life #Mean #People
We are going to see a tremendous number of health professionals retire over the next 8-10 years. We are not doing nearly enough to deal with this problem.
-- Dave Obey

#Years #Numbers #Next
There is a sign that hangs on my wall that says, 'What is it you want me to do to somebody else that is more important than what you want me to do for you?
-- Dave Obey

#Wall #Important #Want
Society as a whole is better off when information is available to the public. Whether you are talking about how to prevent disease, or about who does the best job of treating disease, it is useful to provide as much information to the public as possible.
-- Dave Obey

#Jobs #Talking #Doe
If you want quality service, you have to pay for it. You don't buy into waste. I have great misgivings about the amount of advertising that we see in the health care field, some by hospitals, a lot by drug companies.
-- Dave Obey

#Drug #Quality #Care
I opposed Clinton's budget deal in 1997 because he brought in $115 billion cut in Medicare that created greater pressure for providers not to participate.
-- Dave Obey

#Cutting #Pressure #Clinton
Experience burned into me the conviction that access to education ought to be based on how much you are willing to learn and how hard you are willing to work, not on how many dollars your family has in their bank account.
-- Dave Obey

#Dollars #Conviction #Bank Accounts
Experience taught me that working families are often just one pay check away from economic disaster. And it showed me first-hand the importance of every family having access to good health care.
-- Dave Obey

#Hands #Care #Pay
The NRA was one of the items that we pointed to when we added money to the labor, health and Education appropriations bill by reducing the size of the tax cut.
-- Dave Obey

#Cutting #Bills #Size
We need to be careful when we talk about cutting health care costs. They are not going to be reduced - what we really want to do is do is slow the rate of increase.
-- Dave Obey

#Cutting #Needs #Cost

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