Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I would like to recognize the work of the chairman and ranking member on the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee for their good work on this very important appropriations bill. I recognize that, while we haven't had a multiple series of votes on amendments on this bill, I know the floor managers have been working aggressively to process amendments and make this appropriations bill-- not only the T-HUD bill but also the MILCON bill--a good appropriations measure. So I thank my colleagues for their respective efforts, and I am pleased to see us processing appropriations bills here on the Senate floor. Affordable Care Act Mr. President, I wish to take a few minutes this evening to talk about the Affordable Care Act and some of the impacts that we are seeing in my State of Alaska. We referred to this as the ACA, the Affordable Care Act, but most of the folks, when I talk to them back home, call it the ``un-Affordable Care Act'' because we are not seeing how it is making health care insurance--any kind of care--more affordable. Last year, nationally, we saw a dozen co-ops fail that were created by the ACA, which literally threw people into turmoil, leaving in question if they had any insurance at all. UnitedHealth, one of the largest providers in the country, has been forced off the exchanges in numerous States. Just last week we had the news back home that Moda Health was going to be withdrawing from the Alaska market in 2017.…”