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On the recordDecember 2, 2015
OK, I will just yield to the Senator from Connecticut for a question, and I will give him his time that way. My colleague from Oklahoma came down, and, first of all, he talks about ObamaCare and forgets the fact that there are millions and millions and millions of Americans who now have insurance, the same kind of insurance he has as a Senator and I have as a Senator. He forgets the fact, No. 1, that we have seen more people insured than in modern history. He conveniently forgets that fact. He forgets the fact that there are no limits on coverage. Insurance companies can't cancel a person's health insurance. He talks about children with great eloquence--and I am sure he is a fantastic parent--but he forgets that 17 million children with pre- existing conditions are insured, which is a pretty important point. I really have to take offense to some of the remarks of my colleague. He makes an eloquent point about States' rights. He finishes his argument about ObamaCare saying: Don't have the Federal Government tell my State what to do. Well, in essence, ObamaCare doesn't do that. We have an exchange. But, yes, we do require people to get insurance. That is true, and that comes from the plan of a Republican Governor named Mitt Romney. Then he says: Leave my State alone. Then he wants to take away a woman's right to choose an abortion. He wants to do that. He thinks the Federal Government should do that.…
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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