Quotes About Policy

If Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan get elected to the White House, Medicare will be bankrupt by the end of their first term.

So, President Obama wants to change America. I understand that. We don't need to change America. We need to change the White House. We need to change the leadership in the White House.

The Obama administration is fighting to block access to names of visitors to the White House, taking up the Bush administration argument that a president doesn't have to reveal who comes calling to influence policy decisions.

White House officials acknowledge in broad terms that a president's time and public rhetoric are among his most valuable policy tools.

When I worked in the White House for President Carter, we tried to do comprehensive tax reform and we made some progress, and other presidents have as well.

When I started as a White House correspondent, there was a lot of criticism from guys saying, 'She focuses too much on the person but not enough on policy.' I never understood that argument at all. I just didn't agree with the premise.

Groups that advocate open government have argued that it's vital to know the names of White House visitors, who may have an outsized influence on policy matters.

The Bush administration actually started out with an open mind towards Iran, by all indications. In fact, early in the administration, the White House tasked the various agencies of government to do an inter-agency review of Iran policy, as it did with Iraq policy and most of the big areas of the world.

I was in the trade field as White House fellow in the first Bush administration.

It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government.

When fully implemented, the EPA's Clean Power Plan will prevent up to 6,600 premature deaths and 150,000 juvenile asthma attacks annually.

The U.S. government knew that China wanted to acquire sensitive U.S. technology, and instead of implementing a policy to prevent them from acquiring the information, the government all but gave them an invitation to take our equipment and designs.

It's a fraction of the cost to prevent a war than prosecute a war.

Often times, political games prevent senators from even beginning to debate some of the most important issues.

I would argue it should be a policy to defeat ISIS where they are, where they exist and prevent them from coming into the United States.

The Obama administration has framed its defense of the controversial bulk collection of all American phone records as necessary to prevent a future 9/11.

By preventing the federal government from removing known criminal aliens, we allow our country to be a safe haven for criminals.

I think one of the most underreported and untouted benefits of the Affordable Care Act is the real investments we are finally making in this country in prevention.

Prevention of cancer should be a national goal.

I am against preventive war because it means measures by the UN against us.

Making sure that people have access to preventive medicine for the first time ever as a nation? That's a big deal.

I think what Americans need and what Mainers need more than anything is government that functions and I think that the filibuster prevents us from functioning and making progress on issues.

Let's face it, the Obama administration was handed a pretty poor deal from the previous administration.

I have a daughter for a while that didn't have insurance. She gets a different price than people who have insurance.