A biography for Tom Pricehasn’t been written yet.
“I have no feelings for the criminal. All my feelings lie with the victim.”
“I have no idea what stocks I held in the '90s, in the 2000s, or even now.”
“We are a compassionate society.”
“You get the choice as individuals across this land to be able to purchase the kind of coverage that's right for you and your family.”
“The CBO does a great job on budget; they do a relatively poor job of what the coverage consequences of a healthcare plan are. Their ability - anybody's ability - to predict what human behavior is going to be, without looking at the entire construct, is difficult.”
“Age is the thing that correlates best to what health coverage costs.”
“The American people need to know that there are folks here fighting as hard as they can for individual liberty, economic freedom, appropriate national security and the fundamental moral values that have made our nation the greatest nation in the history of mankind.”
“'Competent counsel' ought to require more than a human being with a law license and a pulse.”
“I have spent 40 years both as a doctor and public servant putting people first.”
“Anybody that's asked, I've counseled that they not expand Medicaid eligibility. I've been critical of any expansion because you know what Washington does. It promises something for a finite period of time, and then it leaves you on the hook.”
“All of my political career, I've fought for the taxpayers.”
“Somebody's going to pay for health coverage for the American people, and the question is, how do you do that?”
“I liked the give-and-take of a policy discussion in the community, with citizens. I didn't know that even took place, frankly, but I never dreamed it would be an enjoyable thing to do.”
“I know as well as anyone that the American people want to know that their hard-earned dollars are being spent wisely by government officials.”
“Evolving societal values indicate that the death penalty should be abolished in its entirety.”
“We need a significant amount of market stability, not for the insurance companies, but to ensure patients can get access to the care they want.”
“There are going to be counties across this country that won't have any insurance company providing coverage.”
“I say that Medicaid isn't the only vehicle to be able to purchase coverage or be able to have coverage.”
“I'm very tough on crimes where there are victims who have been physically harmed. In such cases, I do not believe in leniency.”
“I am convinced that, because the criminal justice system is run by humans, it is naturally subject to human error. There is no rational basis to believe that this same type of human error will not infect capital murder trials.”