Quotes About Reform

West Virginia has consistently been ranked at or near the bottom amongst all states for our regulatory environment by publications such as Forbes and CNBC. This is an area where we need to improve.

If all the Legislature wants to do is turn their back on students and teachers then West Virginia will stay stuck at the bottom.

In the democratic western countries so-called capitalism leads a saturnalia of 'freedom', like a bastard brother of reform.

To be happy about the fall of one powerful man is to know there are another 10 that need to follow.

We eliminated the monarchy. We put limits on how long one person could lead our country and on the powers they held while in office. We took differences of opinion seriously - in fact, we built them into the fabric of our government.

The way most doctors practice medicine right now isn't working.

There are certain things in ancient practices that are not worth adhering to.

Immigration policy is a complicated issue. Or perhaps one should say immigration policies are complicated, since we have many different immigration laws and practices which interact in complex ways.

I've spent my career fighting the worst practices of insurance companies.

If you say no to cruel factory farm practices, only then will the government say yes to change.

Countries like Japan do not have to change their cultures to address their educational shortcomings; they simply have to adjust their policies and practices.

There were a number of reasons I decided to join the New York City Police Department back in 1984. I felt a calling to protect and serve my neighbors, and I wanted to reform negative departmental practices from within. On top of those factors, becoming a police officer gave me a pathway to the middle class.

When politicians send their thoughts and prayers with no action, we say, 'No more.'

My father has fought to protect people from predatory pharmaceutical companies and to make sure drug payments and kickbacks to doctors are disclosed.

I can't predict the future. All I know is that if we continue down the path we're on, the Affordable Care Act will implode on itself. People will be without insurance.

In America, we have 19th century school conditions and a curriculum that prepares our kids for the 1990s.

No child should be expelled from preschool. And so we are calling on school districts around the country to end that practice. That benefits every child.

I think we can build broad bipartisan support for bringing down prescription drug costs.

Lowering the cost of prescription drugs is one of the most important things Congress can do to help people in western Pennsylvania.

The demands of the present must stand above the political habits of the past.

I think we're not going to preserve Fannie and Freddie in anything like their current form. We're going to have to bring fundamental change to that market.

I think maybe the people in elected positions are more interested in preserving their jobs than in doing the best job possible.

Now that Donald Trump has won the presidency despite losing the popular vote, there's a growing cry to rethink, or even abolish, the electoral college. This would be a mistake.

One of the best moments of the Obama presidency was the passage of the Affordable Care Act.