30 Quotes by Eric Massa

Here's a news flash: No soldier gives his life. That's not the way it works. Most soldiers who make a conscious decision to place themselves in harm's way do it to protect their buddies. They do it because of the bonds of friendship - and it goes so much deeper than friendship.

Congressmen spend between five and seven hours a day on the phone, begging for money.

I do believe in God. That's why I'm alive.

I happen to believe that health care is an imminent crisis. It is.

I never translated from my days in the Navy to being a congressman.

I should have never allowed myself to be as familiar with my staff as I was.

I will vote adamantly against the interests of my district if I actually think what I am doing is going to be helpful.

In health care, the biggest imperative is: Fix those who cannot get insurance without changing the world for everyone else.

You think that somehow they didn't come after me to get rid of me because my vote is the deciding vote in the health care bill? Then, ladies and gentlemen, you live today in a world that is so innocent as to not understand what's going on in Washington, D.C.