OPINION: Quotes of the week

July 22--"We don't think it'll be dead, really, until the party in control -- in the House, the Senate and in the Oval Office -- is no longer in control."

Jess Myerson, one of five local health advocates who traveled to Washington, D.C., this week to voice opposition to repeal of the Affordable Care Act

"I can't imagine how I would make it."

Rebecca Payne, who has only minimal use of her arms and legs, about what would happen if she no longer received Medicaid assistance for the caregivers who allow her to live in her own apartment

"I've talked to other departments that employ large numbers of students ... everybody is facing a shortage of students."

Perry Maull, operations manager of the IU Campus Bus Service, about declining numbers of students interested in being a part-time bus driver

"Anything scheduling or sequencing, I cannot answer."

Dustin Krebbs, operations and maintenance manager with I-69 Development Partners, about the timetable for completion of Section 5 of the I-69 project

"We've never done this before, so we're probably going to make some mistakes, as any business does when it launches a new project."

Kevin Fitzpatrick, co-owner of all three Kilroy's bars in Bloomington, about a new venture that will open in August as Kilroy's Recess Nightclub for patrons age 18 and older

"You can take a really low risk and make it probably close by zero by putting on a pair of gloves."

Daniel Rusyniak, a medical toxicologist and emergency room physician, talking to first responders about the risk from exposure to synthetic opioids

"What kind of human would you be if you let them die?"

Jeremy English, who stopped to help four people in a vehicle stopped on the Ind. 45/46 Bypass. He found three occupants were unconscious from apparent drug overdoses.

"Your role changes when they leave the house."

Lou Graham, of Chicago, the father of an incoming Indiana University student, who was on campus this week for summer orientation

"It was tiring, challenging, but it was a great experience."

Savannah Stewart, who was one of 56 area bicyclists who completed a 2,000-mile ride from Los Angles to Bloomington as part of the deCycles bicycle team

"This is the best way to fix and improve things in our own country."

Iyad Ghazal, from the Palestinian territories, who was among 90 students from North Africa and the Middle East who came to IU for the Global Business Institute to learn about business and entrepreneurship

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