Senator Harris had her turn with the nominee tonight, pressing her on the Affordable Care Act and reproductive rights among other things.
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ALWes AllenAlabama5 Quotes
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NVCisco AguilarNevada11 Quotes
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DCKimberly BassettDistrict of Columbia
MEShenna BellowsMaine41 Quotes
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More than 20 million Americans could lose their health coverage entirely, including nearly 3 million black Americans and 5 million Latino Americans who receive access to health insurance because of the Affordable Care Act.
By replacing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with someone who will undo her legacy, President Trump is attempting to rollback Americans rights the decades to come.
This hearing has brought together more than 50 people to sit inside of a closed-door room for hours while our nation is facing a deadly airborne virus. This committee has ignored common sense requests to keep people safe, including not…
It is critically important that the president of the United States is not allowed to pick the judge in his own reelection campaign.
I would ask you to consider if you are confirmed on the court, a credible benefit of the Affordable Care Act and that of destruction of its protections will have a devastating impact on millions, hundreds of millions Americans.
So if the Affordable Care Act is struck down, more than a 100 million Americans with pre-existing conditions, like heart disease, diabetes and cancer, would pay more for insurance or be denied coverage entirely.
The reasonable question about your impartiality will undoubtedly hang over this court's ultimate decision in the affordable care act case if you refuse to recuse yourself.
I believe it's very important the American people understand the issues at stake and what's at play.
Allowing President Trump to determine who fills the seat of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a champion for women's rights and a critical vote in so many decisions that has sustained the right to choose poses a threat to safe and legal abortion in our…
The horrifying truth is that President Trump and the Republicans in Congress are fighting to take health care away from the American people in the middle of a pandemic.
Helping these people is supposed to be why we are all here, why we all ran for office in the first place.
The right to choose is -- quote -- "essential to women's equality" -- unquote -- I would suggest that we not pretend that we don't know how this nominee views a woman's right to choose and make her own health care decisions.
After all, President Trump said that overturning Roe v. Wade will -- quote -- 'happen automatically, in my opinion, because I'm putting pro-life justices on the court.'
The Trump agenda is getting Obamacare, you're going to be a pawn in that, here's the evidence for that.
There are people out there -- she gave specific examples -- who feel that their life is in someone else's hands, the hands of these judges, the hands of these politicians.
Sadly, Senate Republicans have rushed to hold this Supreme Court confirmation hearing, rather than help those who are suffering from a public health crisis not of their making.
The Senate urgently needs to pass critical financial relief for those who are struggling because of this pandemic.
Senate Republicans have made it crystal clear that rushing the Supreme Court nomination is more important than helping and supporting the American people who are suffering from a deadly pandemic at a devastating economic crisis. Their…
To jam through a Supreme Court nominee who will take health care away from millions of people during a deadly pandemic.
For folks who want to go to a two year Community College, it will be free. If you come from a family that makes less than $125,000, you will go to a public university for free. And across the board, we'll make sure that if you have student…
Because you have the ability through your work and through eventually your vote -- to determine the future of our country and what its leadership looks like.
When you think about the future I do believe the future is bright.
We have it within our power in these next 27 days to make the decision about what will be the course of our country for the next four years.
