Karen Woodall Quotations

Unless some crisis triggers action, it usually takes us years to get something passed. And we can only do one thing at a time because we're not allowed to go after things comprehensively. We think it will be helpful to have a dedicated group of legislators who are sitting down and looking at issues in a more intense, concentrated way.

We've got a lot to do. Don't get me wrong. But we've been very pleased with the progress that has been made, and it has been a long time coming. People have been coming here for the last 20 years trying to get to this place.

The poor are not perceived as voters. You can see that's what legislators think when they make these spending decisions.

I anticipated a cut, but I didn't think it would be that big.

Building up reserves for the sake of reserves is just as questionable as spending when you don't need to. The poor pay these taxes, too. And there are needs.

We've been trying to get that back for three years.

Historically, we're not allowed to have more than one migrant issue each session. So overall, we've done very well.

I think this is a very bad idea. There are hundreds of thousands of children out there who need to be in this program. The focus should be on redirecting resources, on getting them into the program and keeping them in and not take the money out.

The (contractor) provider is increasingly having more authority on services they are going to provide.

You have to restore the outreach and you have to be in the community.

The money is there; now we can only hope the will to do something for poor Floridians will follow.

That's good, but it's not outreach. If you don't have people in the community that are meeting in the schools and getting support, you won't get the kids.

This is the last of the governor's initiatives to dismantle government and get rid of entitlement spending for the less fortunate.

It seems we might be a little more generous with the distribution of dollars when we're talking about $5.8 billion in new money this year.

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. We told them that these things would happen. It's frustrating.

It's a first to have a bill up and out in the first week. That is a historical event.

The insurance and health-care industries are in business to make money. They obviously thought it might be beneficial to them to give to the party with all the changes taking place. Apparently Florida's ... Medicaid recipients didn't get their contributions in on time.

In a year when they just announced that they have $3 billion in extra revenue coming in, it seems rather tragic that we're launching a massive experiment with people's lives.

In a year they have so much money available, they don't need to be taking it and spreading it out to other areas.

These are families that are following the rules. These are legal immigrants. There's plenty of money. I guess there just wasn't the will to care for uninsured children.