Mark Kelly: “for more than a month, I have been here in DC fighting to keep healthcare costs from spiking for my constituents, and…”

“for more than a month, I have been here in DC fighting to keep healthcare costs from spiking for my constituents, and for more than a month, I have been hearing from people I represent about what their healthcare costs now and what it will cost if these tax credits are allowed to expire--people like Leslie from Buckeye, who is a diabetic and whose premium is about to go from $600 a month to $1,000 per month; and people like Jessica from Yuma. She and her husband currently pay $560 per month for them and their three kids. That is going to go to $3,100 per month if these tax credits are not extended. And for more than a month, I have been waiting for the President or Republican leadership in the Senate to sit down with us and try to figure this out, or even show that they care about the millions of Americans in our States who are in the same boat, people like Leslie and Jessica. Now, that hasn't happened. The President, as far as I can tell, has spent about 1 hour in the Oval Office with congressional leadership on this issue--1 hour in 37 days. He has spent more time talking about his ballroom and on two overseas trips and at a costume party at Mar-a-Lago, and of course, on the golf course. The House of Representatives has been on a 7-week paid vacation. They are not even pretending to care about these rising healthcare costs; and the Senate, not much better.”