“I know you'd like (assisted suicide) to be safe, legal and rate. But the trend lines don't go that way. These things tend to expand.” - Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas.

“While I do not know how I would vote if the issue were to appear on the Oregon ballot once more, I believe it is time for me to acknowledge that my fears concerning the poor elderly were, thankfully, never realized.” - Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.