It's not as though (elected officials) even have that discretion once they grant them.

we get what we deserve. They are our elected officials.

I frequently feel when I listen to him and to many other elected officials that they are speaking to an audience not in the room.

I want you to ask your local elected officials — I don't care if it's the county commissioners or the governor — ‘What are you going to do about this issue,'

I think the public deserves better from their elected officials,

We would welcome a more proactive role from elected officials at the national and state levels in broad-based strategies to address the U.S. health care crisis.